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Highland Community 

Springfield, Massachusetts 

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Fadis 0/ Interest Concerning Its Early and More 
Recent History, Its Phenomenal Growth 
and Development, Its Residential 
and Commercial Advantages 
and Its Educational, Re- 
ligious & Industrial 
Institutions 



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Published by 

Highland Co-operative Bank 

Highland Community 
Springfield, Massachusetts 

COPYRrGHT. 1921. BY HIGHLAND CO-OPERATIVE BANK 




m 13 1921 ©CU615232 





HIGHLAND COMMUNITY 

HE term, Highland Community, as it is now used, denotes all that 
territory in Springfield situated on the Hill on which the United 
States Armory is located. Roughly speaking, the Highland Commu- 
nity includes all the territory lying on both sides of State Street ex- 
tending from Walnut and Federal Streets to the East between the 
Boston and Albany Railroad, the Liberty Street section on the North 
and the Watershops on the South. The Highland Community thus naturally 
includes three quite distinct business centers; namely — Winchester Squai'e, the 
section designated East Springfield, and the section called Indian Orchard. 

WINCHESTER SQUARE 

Few persons passing through Winchester Square today in long distance 
trolley cars or speeding automobiles realize what remarkable development has 
taken place in this community in the last fifty years. Fifty years ago Win- 
chester Square was way out in the country. The land was undeveloped, swampy 
in places and of little value. The map which is inserted on Page 5 shows that 
the picneers in this vicinity, the Tapleys, the Haynes, the Chapins, and the 
McKnights, had just enough confidence in their visions of what might ultimately 
be developed t'~. lay out on paper at least some streets and building lots. The 
map shows that the New England Railroad tracks had not been laid in 1870, 
that there was no Catherine Street and no such street was anticipated. Where 
comfortable homes now stand, there were two large ponds, knoA\Ti to the average 
mortal as Big Goose and Little Goose Ponds. Those who were inclined to be 
intellectually superior referred to the larger pond as Lake Como. Here the 
children came to skate; and the vicinity of Oak Grove Avenue was a favorite 
hunting ground. 

The name of Primus P. Mason will always be associated with the early 
history of Winchester Scjuare. He ^^•as a colored man, who devoted himself 
to farming in a small way, raising hogs, trading and trafficking in all conceivable 
foiTiis of personal property. He bought, sold and traded small parcels of real 
estate in the vicinity of tlie Scjuare. He owned a small farm on the northerly 
side of State Street jvi.st east of where Catherine Street now is. His house 
stood on State Street near the corner of Mason Street, a street named for him 
in appreciation of his gifts to the city. He also owned land on the south side 
of State Street, about where Winchester Street now is. On these little places, 
Mason raised hogs and to these hog yards he brought carcasses of dead horses 
and other animals which he fed to his hogs. On these places, he accumulated 
the vast variety of personal property he dealt in. A surviving acquaintance of 
his remarked, "Primus would buy a place, and I guess they would just pay him 
a good price for it to get rid of his junk." 



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Winchester Square Fifty-One Years Ago 

The above cut represents a section from a map of Springfield made in 1870, and formerly 
the property of Mr. Charles W. Richards, and presented to the Assessors' office by his son, Mr. 
Fred J. Richards, in 1918. The population of Springfield at the time of this map was 26,703. 

Among the various parcels owned by Mason was the triangular piece of 
land formed by the intersection of Boston Road and Wilbraham Road. This 
parcel included the present park area and the site of the fire station. He 
bought this in 1850. The following is a copy of the deed to him, dated April i, 
1850, and recorded at Hampden County Registry of Deeds, book 155, page 31: 

Know all men by these presents that I. Eleazer W. Bliss, of Springfield, Mass., in considera- 
tion of $25.00, paid to me by Primus P. Mason, do hereby give, grant, bargain, sell and convey 
to the said Primus P. Mason, a certain lot of land lying on the Boston Road in said Springfield 
and is described as follows : 

Beginning at the crotch of the Boston and Wilbraham Rd. and running thence Easterly, 
is bounded on the North by said Boston Road ; on the East by land of Elisha Gunn ; on the 
South by said Gunn's land and the centre of the highway leading to Wilbraham, the same 
being a heater piece of land lying between said two roads. 

In 1860, Primus P. Mason sold this parcel to the City for the sum of 
$65.00, on the condition that it be used for public purposes. The following is a 
copy of the deed of conveyance, dated June 21, 1860, and recorded at Hampden 
County Registry of Deeds, book 200, page 400: 

Know all men by these presents that I, Primus P. Mason, of Springfield, Mass., in considera- 
tion of $G5.00 to me paid by the inhabitants of the said City of Springfield, do hereby convey 
a certain piece of land near Goose Pond in said Springfield situated in the triangle formed by 
the Wilbraham Road, the Boston Road, and Eastern Avenue, upon which my house now stands. 
Also a certain other triangular piece of land, bounded Westerly by that part of Eastern Avenue 
lying between Wilbraham Road and Boston Road and running to a point from the East line of 
Eastern Avenue. The two parcels being the tract of land opposite the Goose Pond lot which 
lies between the South line of the Boston Road as laid out in 1822 and the South line of the 
same z-oad as it existed previous to that time. Reserving to myself the right of removing the 
buildings and crops thereon at any time before the first day of November A. D., 1860. Being the 



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Winchester Square 
Realty Co* 

STORES 

APARTMENTS 

ROOMS 

Telephone, Walnut 230 



DIRECTORS 

Henry S. Bowman, President Ralph W. Ellis, Clerk 
Clara S. Reed, Treas. W.Kirk Kaynor, Mgr. 

We Own and Operate 
at Winchester Square 

The Van der Heyden Apartments 774 State Street 

Westminster House Apartments 820 State Street 

Winchester Chambers (furnished rooms) 786 State St. 
The Sherman ( furnished rooms ) 12-14 Sherman St. 



OFFICE; 786 STATE STREET 



HIGHLAND COMMUNITY 




Lookinii Down Wiibraham Road in 1890 
Buckingham School now stands on the plot of land at left. 

same tract of land which was conveyed to me by E. W. Bliss by his deed recorded in Hanpden 
County Registry oi Deeds, book 155. patfe 31, and subsequently conveyed by me to Ruany Potter 
by deed recorded in book 160, page 200, and sold to me by the heirs of said Ruany Potter by 
their deed dated January 1, A. D., 1760, and this day entered for record in said Registry. 

This deed is given with The condition chat the first described part of the land lying Westerly 
of Eastern Avenue shall never be used except for public purposes. 

By a deed dated November 16, 1S85, recorded at Hampden County Registiy 
of Deeds, Primus P. Ma.'on, in consideration of $1.00, released for the benefit of 
the City of Springfield all the conditions and restrictions placed upon the land 
conveyed to the City hing east of Eastern Avenue. The purpose of the deed 
was to give the city the undisputed right to erect a fire station en the land east 
of Eastern Avenue. 

It is said that Primus P. Mason at the time he released the restrictions and 
conditions made offered to sell to the City for $50.00 the present site of the 
west end of the Hendee Plant, but the city Fathers refused to accept the cffor, 
on the ground that the City could not alford to pay so much. This particular 
parcel is assessed today for $49,000.00, and could not be bought for many 
thousands more. The incident illustrates the lack of vision that fretiuently 
characterizes a city g■o^'ernment in matters of this nature. 

The land thus actiuired by the City was named Winchester Park, in honor 
of Mayor Charles A. Winchester, who was Mayor in 1S68-69. 

In 1884, to enable the City to have a site for a much-needed fire station on 
the hill. Mason tjuit-claimed and waived all conditions in his deed of Novem- 
ber 16, 1865. 

Primus P. Mason died January 25, 1892. He leftr a will dated August 17, 
1891, which was witnessed by Charles H. Barrows, Clarence E. Hitchcock and 
Philip H. Potter. Charles H. Barrows and James H. Pynchon were appointed 
executors. The inventory set fcrth that Mascn died possessing real estate 
amounting to $37,700 and personal property amounting to $421.18. In his will, 
he remembered with gifts his many heirs, but he left the greater part of his 
estate in trust for the purpose of founding a home for worthy aged men. 

Several of Mas( n s heirs-at-law attached his will and fippealed from the 
decree of the Probate Court allowing the same. On appeal the Superior Court 
confirmed the decree of the Probate Coui't. 

The following is that clause in his will providing for the establishment and 
support of a home for woi'thy aged men: 



HIGHLAND COMMU X I TY 




T 



HE Brooks Bank Note Company was incorpora- 
ted March 31, 1896, and its first plant was locat- 
ed at Hillman and Dwight Streets. 

On December 8, 1905, the Company moved into its 
present plant on Wilbraham Avenue, which it bought 
from the Hutchins Narrow Fabric Company. This 
plant now employs 150 people, and has a floor space 
of 65,000 square feet. 

Since its organization, the Brooks Bank Note Company 
has taken over the McCaffery Co., manufacturers of 
varnish labels and folding boxes, The Eastern Litho 
Co. of New York City and The Prudential Litho Co. 
of the same city. 



BROOKS BANK NOTE CO. 

Manufacturers 

Lithographed Folding Boxes 

Window Cards Labels Office Stationery 

SPRINGFIELD. MASSACHUSETTS 



New York 
1 00 Hudson St. 



Philadelphia 
425 Sansom St. 



Boston 
14 State Street 



HIGHLAND COMMUNITY 




Paragraph 6. Will of Primus P. Mason. 
All the rest and residue of my estate of every 
name and nature I devise and bequeath for the 
purpose of establishing and maintaining a home 
for the benefit of worthy old men to be situated 
in said Springfield. And if at the time of the 
settlement of my estate the opportunity shall not 
have arisen for the establishment of such a home 
or the residue hereof should be insufficient there- 
for, I authorize my executors to accumulate the 
at — — ^ . I^^IH- ^BH^^B^^ income of said residue until the time arrives for 

Wm m jn'i T IVI^^^I^I ^^^ execution of my jiurpose herein before de- 

JB**"™!^ 1 '- fM^/jli^^^B clared, and in so doing allow the said residue to 

remain in real estate if they deem best. 

In ]897 a Ma.ssachu.setts Corporation 
was organized for charitable purposes to 
take over the funds left in trust by 
Mason amounting approximately to 
$37,000, and carry out the object set 
forth in the above clause. This Corpora- 
tion now owns the property known as 74 
Walnvit Street and uses the same as a 
home for worthy aged men. At the pres- 
ent time there are six worthy aged men 
living at this home and enjoying peace and comfort in their declining years as a 
result of the thrift and generosity of Primus P. Mason. 

Mason was buried in Oak Grove Cemetery and a memorial stone has been 
set at the head of his grave. In honor of him and in appreciation of his gen- 
erous gift, the City named the new street laid out near the site of his old home 
Mason Street. 

Primus P. Mason was a citizen of fine character. He lived simply, was 
industrious and thrifty, and as a result accumulated a considerable estate. The 
business in which he engaged, although important to the community was not 
attractive, but he did it in such a way that he commanded the respect of all 
who knew him. His success did not blind him to the needs of his less fortunate 
fellow men. Before he died he laid the foundation for the Springfield Home 
for Aged Men by taking into his home at the corner of State and Mason Streets 
some worthy aged men. 

Primus P. Mason began life under serious handicaps, with few opportuni- 
ties to achieve success. He was a colored man without education or advan- 
tages, yet he so lived and worked that when he died he had accumulated a 



Wilbraham Road at Eastern Ave. 



Some Time-- 



You will need — 

A doctor — A prescription filled — 

A good drug store — And careful compounding. 

Then Remember — 
That we — Await your orders- 
And Faithfully — Serve You. 



WHEELER'S DRUG STORE 



802 State Street 



Phone, River 523 



10 



H I G H L A X D CO M M U X ITY 



The Bank of 
The People •■ 



Sept cm her i6 
iL ■nil deposits 

of $2=tO,000 





Arthur J. Skinner. Pres. 




Raymond H. Flaco, Treas. 




Fire Years 

Later 
I deposits 
Xeai iy 

$4,000, QUO 



The COMMERCIAl 

Trust Buildtnc 
Springfield. Mas . 



The Story of a Bank which has Grown 
Because It Serves All of the People 



The Commercial Trust Company, which has 
opened a branch at Winchester Square 

Highland Community is fortunate in possessing a 
live bank which offers to the 55,000 people of this 
great section a service that is complete in every 
item of modern banking- recjuirements. The High- 
land Branch bank was opened in December, 1920, 
and ha? been a success fi"cm the outset, not only 
because it met a decided need, but because it had 
back of it one of the most vigorous, resourceful, 
and enterprising banks of New England. 

The Commercial Trust Company began business 
September 16, 1915, fully equipped from the first 
day to meet all banking requirements. It started 
with 12 employees, and a single banking I'oom. 
Today it employs about 40 people, owns its build- 
ing, of which it occupies a large part, and its de- 
posits have reached nearlv 
$4,000,000. The officers are men 
who believe that the bank's motto, 
"The Bank of the People", is f u- 
more than a mere phrase, and the 
bank lives up to it in eveiy detail. 
Highland Community calls itself 
"A city within a city," and that 
picturesque title was given the 
last touch of reality when this 
fine bank was opened at Win- 
chester S(|uare. 




Frank W. Hughes. Ass't Tr 



Francis X. Pion 

^IAGFR HIGHLAND BRANCI 



HIGHLAND COMMUNITY 11 

creditable estate, he had earned the respect of all who knew him, and by Ms gen- 
erosity he made for himself an enduring place in the hearts of his fellow citi- 
zens. He was never married. 

North of Primus P. Mason's house on State Street and beyond Big Goose 
Pond or, as some prefer. Lake Como, was a settlement of colored people and, it 
is said, a few Indians. This section was then called Hayti. The section north 
of State Street and east of Thompson Street was called Jamaica. On the 
present site of Tapley School lived a famous colored character, a woman named 
Samantha Sands, but commonly known as "Old Samanth." When in a calm 
mood she was reputed to be gentle toward children and a kind neighbor, but it 
is said she drank freely at times and was subject to fits of temper which liter- 
ally transfoniied her. When in a fit of temper she possessed the skill and 
dexterity to resist and to stand off four policemen. "Old Samanth" had a 
daughter who paraded about in high-topped boots and was also a character. 

The old white house, numbered 280 Bay Street, at the corner of Dartmouth 
Street, owned and occupied by Henry P. Mason, a nephew of Primus P. Mason, 
is a survival of those days when there was a considerable colony of colored peo- 
ple in that vicinity and the district vv'as called Hayti. On the south side of 
Winchester Square there was also a considerable colony of colored people 
fifty years ago. 

Moses A. Maynard, now living at 69 Andrew Street, was the first man to 
engage in business on the hill. Mr. Maynard owned a large farm comprising 
land along Shennan Street, about Goose Pond and back to Bay Street. In 
1863 he built his house on the site now occupied by the Van der Heyden at the 
northwest comer of State and Sherman Streets. On this farm, by the shore of 
Goose Pond he conducted a slaughter house and operated a tripe factory. In 
1870, Mr. Maynard moved to Cambridge, where he lived for ten years and ran 
a lumber and coal yard on the banks of the Charles River near the present sites 
of the Har\'ard Boat Clubs. 

Shortly after 1870, Clarence Hitchcock began business at Winchester Park, 
as it was at that time called. He opened a small lumber yard and mill on what 
is now the site of the west end of the Hendee Plant. People laughed and said, 
"Who do you think will trade with you up there in the woods and swamps?" 
Mr. Hitchcock went ahead, however, and a little later he took in a partner by 
the name of Barnes and they conducted the business under the finn name of 
Hitchcock & Barnes. Subsequently Philip H. Potter bought out Barnes and 
later he bought out Hitchcock. Mr. Potter continued the business at the 

original location until 1893, when he moved to the present site of the Hampden 
Lumber Co. and built the mill and sheds now in use on the northerly side of 



THE OAKLAND CREED 

^ ^ ^ build at a fair price an automobile so 
d ^ sightly as to uphold its oumer's honest 
^^^ pride, so competent as to arouse his gen- 
uine respect, so reliable as to win his deepest 
confidence, so economical as to serve his highest 
interest — this has been the purpose, is now the 
accomplishment, and ivill contiriue to be the en- 
deavor to ivhich Oakland devotes the whole of its 
energies, its resources arid its skill." 

DUNBAR-HOAG MOTOR COMPANY 

S32 STATE STREET P H O N E , R I V E R 1 4 1 



12 HIGHLAND COMMUNITY 



Hear Ye ! Hear Ye ! 

All Persons of the Hill Section. Know ye 
that all wants for 

Hardware, Kitchenware, Paints, Varnishes 
Brushes, Fishing Tackle, and Base Ball Goods 

may be satisfied and that the Prices Are Right, at 

HALL'S HARDWARE, INC. 

Winchester Square Springfield, Mass. Phone, River 496 

" SMALL STORE " " SMALL EXPENSE " 

^he Little Market Around the Corner 
Specializes in 

Quality and Service 

For anything good to eat, Tel. River 3400 
H. T. LAZELLE, Grocer 

14-16 Catherine Street Springfield, Mass. 

"SMALL PRICE " " HOW NICE " 

PURITAN LUNCH 

A CLEAN AND WHOLESOME EATWQ PLACE 

Winchester Square 

818 State Street 

When downtown, eat at our other Puritan 
473 Main Street 



HIGHLAND COMMUNITY 13 

State Street. In 1901 Philip H. Potter became somewhat embarrassed and the 
business was taken over by his brother, Timothy D. Potter, who with George S. 
Lewis, Edwin Bradley, Charles S. Potter, J. L. Merrick, and A. J. Merrick, 
organized the Hampden Lumber Co., which is continuing the business. Timothy 
D. Potter is president of the corporation and Edwin Bradley is treasurer; 
Charles S. Potter, son of Timothy D. Potter, is the manager. Tliis corporation 
occupies an extensive plant, handles only first class materials, and does first- 
class work. Under the able management of Charles S. Potter the business of 
the corporation has steadily increased and it has earned its reputation for good 
service and fair dealing. 

The Elektron Manufacturing Company moved from Brooklyn, N. Y., to 
Springifield in the summer of 1891 and located in the property owned by the 
Springfield Industrial Institute on Wilbraham Road at the crossing of the High- 
land Division. This property was previously the Bullard Arms Works. 

The Elektron Company manufactured electric motors, dynamos, etc., a 
business then in its infancy. Later, it went into apparatus for electric pass- 
enger and freight elevators and finally specialized largely in this line, taking 
contracts for building and erecting in place complete the entire elevator equip- 
ment of large buildings, chiefly in New York City, where the company main- 
tained a branch office. 

Mr. E. H. Cutler, the treasurer and manager of the company, came with it, 
and has resided in Springfield ever since. Mr. L. J. Harley, formerly with 
Smith and Wesson, became the company's superintendent. 

The Springfield Industrial Institute, of which Rev. David Allen Reed was 
the founder and head, was intended to forward the plan of giving boys a 
scholastic and a manual education coincidentally; and to try out the plan, the 
Elektron Manufacturing Company agreed at the outset to receive a class of 
twelve or fifteen boys and allow them to work imder careful instruction with 
manual and machine tools forenoons and to attend high school afternoons. 



M. C. BARRETT 

DaviSj Velie, Metz, and Briscoe 

PASSENGER CARS 

Atlas and Day -Elder 

TRUCKS 



Salesroom and Service Station, Tel., River 6444 

600 State Street Springfield, Massachusetts 



14 H IGHLAN D COM MUX ITY 



JOHN W. CRAN E 



ALFRED S. CRANE 



ilnhn W. (Eran? (Ennt^ang 

iRral Estalr ixnh 
JnsuraiuT 



289 MAIN STREET SPRINGFIELD, 

OPP. POST OFFICE MASS. 

TELEPHONE CONNECTIONS 







Complimer 


ts of 






Mayn 


ard Coal Co. 


, Inc. 


852 


State Street 






IVinchester Square 



Hampden Lumber Company 

Incorporated 1902 
Succeeding to the business of P. H. Potter 

Wiinutacturcrs of all kinds of 

Woodwork, Interior Trim, Doors, Cabinet Work 

Windows, Blinds, Window Frames, 

Plate Glass, Sash Weights, Etc. 

y T. D. POTTER, President CCH Q«- <- C 

Officers EDWIN BRADLEY, Treasurer ^-^^ OtatC :5treet 

' CHARLES A. POTTER, Manager Phone, River 1275 



H IGH LAX D COM M U K ITY 



15 




Railroad Crossing at State Street Thirty Years Ago 

Present site of Maynard Coal Co. and Hampden Lumber Co. 

Like so many other things good in theory this did not work out well in 
practice and was abandoned after two or three years. 

About the year 1900, most of the leading- elevator builders of the country 
were united in" the Otis Elevator Company, and as The Elektron Company 
owned important patents and were producing an article of high grade, it 
was not strange that they became a part of the combine through purchase of 
the capital stock. 

For several years the business was continued under the management of 
Mr. Cutler and Mr. Harle> , but it was finally merged into the large new works 
of the Otis Company in Buffalo. 

The buildings in Springfield shortly became the home of the Indian Motor 
Cycle and addition after addition has been made. 

Moses A. Maynard returned to Springfield in 1880 and opened a coal and 
wood yard between State Street and V/ilbraham Road, just back of the present 
fire station. He continued business at this location until 1893, when he moved 
to the northerly side of State Street, where he had his coal sheds along the 
New England tracks and his office in the same building with Philip H. Potter. 
In 1914, Mr. Maynard sold his coal business to a corporation known as Maynard 
Coal Co., of which Mr. Ralph L. Rathbun is manager. 

Norman F. Wheeler in 1882 bought a lot fifty feet by one hundred and fifty 
feet at what is now the northwest corner of State and Catherine Streets, or the 
east end of Winchester Chambers. The north end of this lot was low. When 
Goose Pond was high, the water covered the rear of the lot and sometimes 
flowed into State Street, which was then considerably below its present grade. 
Mr. Wheeler hauled in one hundred and fifty loads of filling to bring the north- 
erly end of the lot up to grade. Mr. Wheeler erected on this lot a wooden 
budding which contained three stores. The stores were rented to E. F. Spicer, 
the druggist, Charles P. Alexander, the grcceryman, and Lindermere E. Pease, 
who sold meats and groceries. Mr. Spicer sold out his di-ug business to Mr. 
Dale in 1891. Dr. Dale sold the drug business to Mr. Wheeler, who with his son, 
Frank N. Vv heeler, still owns and conducts the business on the same site. Mr. 
Wheeler sold his lot at the comer of State and Catherine Streets to David Allen 
Reed about 1890. Mr. Reed moved the wooden building to the east side of 
Catherine Street, where it now stands and is numbered and known as 11-19 
Catherine Street. 



16 HIGHLAND COMMUNITY 





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Manufacturers of 


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Springfield, Massachusetts 



DALE BROTHERS 

Laundry 

472 Union Street Springfield, Mass. 



GEO. P. SAMPSON 

(Tntitrartnr m\h 

67 Thonrtpson St. Telephone, River 356-R 



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Winchester Square has been more of an educational and intellectual center 
than most people realize. In 1884, the School for Christian Workers was 
founded. The object of this school was to train young men as Y. M. C. A. 
secretaries and physical directors, Sunday School workers, pastors' assistants, 
and lay missionaries for the home and foreign fields. Money was sought and 
obtained for the promotion of this worthy object. The school purchased a large 
lot at the northeast comer of State Street and Sherman Street and built the 
west end of the large block now kno\\'n as Winchester Chambers. This section 




Dormitory of Y. M. C. A. College as seen from Massasoit Lake 

of the block extended from Sherman Street far enough east to include the main 
entrance now known as and numbered 786 State Street. The first floor of the 
block was designed for stores facing on State Street; on Sherman Street that 
part of the block now occupied by the printing establishment of The Pond- 
Ekberg Company was designed for a gymnasivmi to be used by the students for 
instiaiction and training. The upper floors were laid out in class-rooms and in 
sleeping quartei's for the students. This school continued until 1890 and ren- 
dered much service. In 1890 the school was reorganized and divided into two 
parts. One part continued as the Bible Normal College on the corner of State 
and Shemian Streets and the other is now known as the International Y. M. C. A. 
College, located on Alden and Hickorj- Streets. This part has devoted its ener- 



The POTTER PHOTO CO. 



WHOLESALE 



OInmmrrrtal J^hntngrnphprs 

139 Bowles St. Springfield, Mass. 
Established 1896 Telephone, River 1080 



18 



HIGHLAND COMMUNITY 



BILLINGS^ GARAGE 

J. T. BILLINGS. Proprietor 

Distributor of KING cars for Hampden and Hampshire counties 
High Class Repairs on All Types of Cars 

When you are in trouble, Just Phone 
River 1877 — River 390 1-M — River 2429-J 
Any time, Day or Night 
WE SHALL BE PLEASED TO COME TO YOUR ASSISTANCE 



KING 



UNFAILING SERVICE on 
FARM or BATTLEFIELD 

Four luxurious body models mount- 
ed on the famous King "8" chassis 
used for armored cars and ambu- 
lances by the U S. Army and Marine 
Corps Touring (shown belovv). 

Foursome, Road -King, and 

Limoudan 





yjio Car of No I^grets" 



HIGHLAND COMMUNITY 



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American International College Students 

gies to training for all the employed officers of the Y. M. C. A., and now has a 
large campus, extensive buildings and a partial endowment. Its graduates are 
found all over the world. The Bible Normal College moved to Hartford, where 
it continued as the Hartford School of Religious Pedagogy and specialized in 
training young men and M^omen for Sunday School and missionary work. 

The institution now known as the American International College located 
in Highland Community in 1888, having received its charter at Lowell, three 
years previous to this date. The original purpose of the college was to serve 
the French Canadians who came to the United States. Today its doors are 
open to all nationalities, and no less than twenty-six nations are at present rep- 
resented in its enrollment. The college has three departments — introductoiy, 
academy, and college. The introductory department meets the need of the 
student who cannot speak the English language and the one whose early 
schooling has been neglected, preparing them for the academic course, a certi- 
ficate from which is accepted by many of the leading colleges. The college 
department offers courses that lead to the A. B. and B. S. degrees. The worthy 
object of this institution is to inculcate in its young men and women students 
the true American spirit and to fit them to go out as leaders among their com- 
patriots. There are five acres in the college campus, which is bounded by 
State Street and Wilbraham Road on the north and south and by College and 
Amaron Streets on the east and west. The college is practically dependent 
upon the contributions of its friends. 



J. A. HALL COMPANY 

PLUMBING HEATING GENERAL JOBBING 

We make a specialty of 

HEATING 

817 State Street TeL, Walnut 151 Springfield, Mass. 



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0iidiafi Motocyclei 



Built by the 

Pioneers of the Industry 

IN THE 

Largest Motorcycle Factory 

in the World 

Hendee Manufacturing Company 

Springfield, Mass. 



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In 1886 The Springfield Institute, wliich had a department for training kin- 
dergarten teachers, began work with a model kindergarten in a dwelling at the 
comer of Wilbraham Road and Eastern Avenue, where Affhauser's Drug 
Store is now located; a trade school for the teaching of brick laying, plaster- 
ing, sign painting, plumbing and carpentry. This was in the basement of the 
old chapel. There was also a department for machinists. This was a half-time 
school. The students were taught the practical work in the Elektron Manufac- 
turing plant half the time and high school work at the City High School the 
other half. 

The Industrial Institute grew and money was obtained to expand its activi- 
ties. It was incorporated in 1886 and purchased the land between State Street 
and Wilbraham Road which was formerly occupied by Hitchcock and Barnes, 
Moses A. Maynard and the Bullard Arms Co. On this tract the corporation 
erected a building for the special needs of its work. The comer stone may be 
seen today on the State Street side of the building. It bears the inscription: 
"Industrial Institute— 1887-1895." 

The Institute flourished until about 1895, when the City added teclmical 
training to the public school system. After that the Institute buildings were 
leased to the City and the Institute ceased to carry on its work. When the 
Technical High had growTi so that a new building was needed, and the present 
building on Elliot Street was finished and occupied, part of the Institute build- 
ing was rented to George M. Hendee, who was then engaged in the bicycle busi- 
ness in a small shop on Worthington Street, for the manufacture of motor 
cycles. Mr. Hendee would not rent it all for fear he could not pay the rent. 
In a short time, however, he expanded his business and rented the 
entire plant, and soon after purchased the building. In 1898, the business was 
incorporated under the laws of Massachusetts with a capital stock of $5,000. 

From tliis insignificant beginning the Hendee Manufacturing Company has 
grown until today its business comprises one of the principal industries of 
Springfield and the Connecticut Valley, and its immense plant, with a floor 
space of more than ten acres, employing over 2,000 people, is reputed to be the 



Corbmr $c iWontague 

(General Contractors^ 
373 pap Street ^pringfielb, JUasis;. 

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Snbustrial anb jHunicipal projects of SU ilintis 
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H IGH LAXD COMM U X I TY 



WOLCOTT W. GUMBLE 
Insurance Broker 

374 Xain River.7700 



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GIFTS THAT LAST 






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WATCHES 



798 STATE STREET 
DIAMOND MOUNTING 



FRENCH AND HALL CLOCK REPAIRING A SPECIALTY 
JEWELRY, WATCHES AND CLOCK REPAIRING 



JEWELRY 



;ngravi no 



Louis' Confectionery 

Ice Cream in bricks or bulk "^ Fme Chocolates, Bon Bons 

Sodas, Cigars, Fruits Hard Candies gutter Taffy, Caramels 

988 STATE STREET 

Corner of Oak Grove Avenue 
Telephone River 7246 SPRINGFIELD, MASS. 



HIGHLAND COMMU X ITY 



largest motor cycle factory in the world. Forty thousand Indian motor cycles 
were used by the United States during the World War. 

Besides the splendid real estate development by the McKnights, many 
dwellings were built by Mr. George Flagg. Stephen E. Seymore developed the 
ICing Street section. The Carpenter farm on State Street, east of Andrew 
Street, was developed bv A. A. & S. T. Ball, the Gunn farm by Messrs. W. E. 
Wright, John McFetheries, and A. E. Smith. The Springfield Wood Working 
Co. built the original building occupied by the Knox Motors Co., and turned out 
much first-class work. The late D. B. Wesson was largely interested in this 
plant. Messrs. E. H. Cutler, W. E. Wi-ight, Jolin McFetheries, and A. E. Smith 
organized the Knox Motors Co. The Waltham Watch Tool Co. and Brooks Bank 
Note Co. are very successful in their respective lines. 

EAST SPRINGFIELD 

The history of East Springfield will always be linked with the names of 
Colonel Jenness K. Dexter and Colonel Prentice B. Moore. These two men 
had imagination and were the pioneer developers. In 1913, Dexter and Moore 
foi-med the East Springfield Realty Syndicate and bought four hundred 
sixty acres of land along the brow of the bluff overlooking the Chicopee River, 
including the old Chapin farm and other properties. They employed an expert 
landscape artist to study the contour of the whole area of East Springfield, com- 
prising approximately three thousand five hundred acres, and prepare a plan 
for the development of not only their own properties, but that of the whole 
area in reference to the contour of the tract and the established streets and 



TAYLOR'S MUSIC HOUSE 

F. G. HOWE, Proprietor 

PIANOS AND VICTROLAS 



iHaflon C^ liamUn 
KurtEmantt 







Victor and Columbia Talking Machines and Records 
TAYLOR'S MUSIC HOUSE 

482 Main Street, Springfield 98 Pleasant Street, Northampton 

Kokkinos & Company 

HOME MADE 

CANDIES AND ICE CREAM 

Cigars Films and Stationery Periodicals 

782 State Street Springfield, Mass. 



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East Springfield 
Home Builder's Co. 

Manufacturing Sites 

With Railroad Facilities 

Equal to, or better than in any other part of the city. 

■^ 

Building Sites 

for Workingmen's Homes in the highest, dry est and 
most healthful location. 

Residential Sites 

with views and surroundings unexcelled in any sec- 
tion of the city. Water, Sewerage and Street Rail- 
way Facilities equal to those afforded anywhere. 

THE WHOLE PLOT situated midway between the 
populous centers of Indian Orchard, Chicopee 
Falls and Springfield. 

The Undersigned are always ready and pleased to 
show property and to make reasonable prices to 
prospective purchasers. 

P. B. Moore, Manager. J. K. Dexter, Treas. 



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A Glimpse of Massasoit Lake 

One of Springfield's Beauty Spots 



ways surrounding it. The 
result was that they got 
the co-operation of other 
owners and Page Boule- 
vard, a street seventy feet 
wide and three and one- 
half miles long, was laid 
out and made a public 
way, extending from the 
St. James Avenue Dry 
Bridge over the Boston & 
Albany tracks, easterly 
under the Hampden Rail- 
road, thence over the Athol 
Branch and on across the 
valley to connect with 
Berkshire Street, not far 
from the Indian Orchard 
Station. Carew Street was 
extended to connect with 
Page Boulevard. Radiat- 
ing from these main thor- 
oughfares, streets have 
been laid out with the idea 
of preserving for the 
home-seeker the natural 
beauties of the section and 
the greatest convenience. 
Much thought has been 
given to parks and recre- 
ation areas for comfort of 



those who build their homes in this section. Messrs. Dexter and Moore deserve 
great credit for attempting a development on such a large scale and for the 
patience and persistent aggressiveness they have shown in fighting for their 



GUS'S STORE: A. A. Venlrice. Prop. 

Ice Cream ( 4 kinds ), Confectionery, Toys, Games, Notions and Smoker's Supplies 

Books, Periodicals and Magazines. We Specialize in Cards for All Occasions 

BICYCLES. Repairing and Supplies 

34-8 BAY Street telephone river iots-r 



WINCHESTER AUTO SUPPLY CO. 

Splitdorf keened T^iston Rings 

8 1 4 State Street Telephone, River 6863 Springfield, Mass. 



INDIAN LUNCH 

864 State Street 



THE COSEY COFFEE HOUSE 

2 1 Wilbraham Road 



P.F. CAHILL. Prop. 



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There is 

Excellent Food 

Value in 

MINER'S 
BEST COCOA 



Miner^s 
Dutch Process Cocoa A.sli 

Miner's a/ 

Malted Milk Cocoa 
Miner's Milk Chocolate QrOCeT 
Miner's Almond Bar 

All made in Springfield by 

W. H. MINER Chocolate Co. 

SPRINGFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS 



HIGHLAND COMMUNITY 27 

development against adverse conditions and obstacles of eveiy sort during a 
period when the odds were against the land developer. 

In 1915, Messrs. Dexter and Moore, with the co-operation of other promi- 
nent men in the City, organized and incorporated the East Springfield Home- 
builders Co., and turned over to the corporation all the assets of the East 
Springfield Realty Syndicate. Messrs. Dexter and Moore are the active 
directors of this corporation. 

Today the wisdom of their efl:'orts is proven. The City has accepted Page 
Boulevard and Carew Street extension. Water, gas, and electric service has 
been installed. The Springfield Street Railway is extending its Carew Street 
tracks to Page Boulevard and the tracks on Page Boulevard to the lines on 
Berkshire Street, thus giving good trolley service to the whole area. Many 
homes have been built in this attx'active section. The Rolls-Royce Co., The 
Atlantic Refining Co., Potter Grain Elevator Co., Springfield Tool Co., the 
Westinghouse Electric Co., The Springfield Lumber Corporation, Storms Drop- 
Forge Co., and the Harley Co. are now located along the railroad and are 
employing a great force of workers. In 1910. the whole ai'ea had assessed 
valuation of $125,853; today the assessed valuation is in excess of $3,000,000. 
"Without assuming to prophesy, we venture to suggest that East Springfield 
will experience during the next ten years a remarkable gi'owth. 

INDIAN ORCHARD 

Indian Orchard, the most eastei-ly unit of Highland Community, has a 
charm in its name which at once evokes curiosity. The name originated from 
the fact that the Indians, so tradition i-uns, imitating the early settlers, set out 
an orchard on the banks of the Chicopee River near the present site of the 
Indian Orchard Company. Some say the orchard was on the high bank or 
promontory called Indian Leap on the Ludlow side where the raih'oad crosses 
the river. Others say it was on an island in the river which was overflowed 
when the Indian Orchard Company's dam was built. The latter view appears 
to be suppoi-ted by the greater authority. Mr. W. C. Godfrey, who has been 



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Metallic Drawing Roll 

Over the leather system before placing orders for new machinery, or if 
contemplating an increase in production, have them applied to their old 
machinery. It is applied successfully to the following carding room 
machinery : 

Railways Detaching Rolls for Combers 

Sliver Lap Machines Drawing Frames 

Ribbon Lap Machines Slubbers 

Comber Draw Boxes Intermediate Frames 

25 TO 33 PER CENT MORE PRODUCTION GUARANTEED 

For Prices and Circular Write to 

The Metallic Drawing Roll Company 

INDIAN ORCHARD. MASS. 



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HIG HLAND COMMUNITY 29 

connected with the Indian Orchard Company for years, says that he has seen 
on the island which was overflowed stumps and trunks of trees which were 
remains of the Indians' orchard. Though the exact location of the orchard 
may be in dispute there is little doubt that the Indians who resided at this 
point on the Chicopee River in the early days cUd set out an orchard. The early 
deeds to water power sites refer to the Indian orchard. In the course of time 
the locality was referred to as Indian Orchard. At first the name applied par- 
ticularly to that section on the Ludlow side of the river, but as time passed it 
ceased to have any reference to Ludlow and meant only all that settlement in 
the east end of Ward >^, commonly called The Orchard. Whatever the origin 
of the name may be it has a distinct chaiTn. It reminds the thoughtful of 
those days long past when sturdy men and women with staunch hearts, lived 
simply, thought nobly, and toiled early and late against odds of every sort to 
lay the foundations of our beloved city. 

About the high banks on the Chicopee River, where the railroad crosses 
from Springfield to Ludlow, centers the story of Indian Leap. As to the 
origin of this stor>^ the authorities on Springfield ancient history are also in 



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Lumber and Builders' Supplies 
of All Description 

BEST MATERIALS ^ BEST PRICES 

INDIAN ORCHARD, MASS. 



Chenettes Pharmacy 

W. J. DttBois, Reg. Ph., Mgr. 

The Rexall Store 

Telephones, Orchard 11—8129 

1 64 Main Street Indian Orchard, Mass. 



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OFFICE AND WORKS, INDIAN ORCHARD, MASS. 



THE 

CHAPMAN VALVE 

MANUFACTURING 
COMPANY 



HIGH L AND COM M UNIT Y 31 

confusion. One authority, has said that when Springfiekl was burned 
by the Indians, October 6, 1675, during- King Philip's War, and Major 
P'>Tichon with his troops made their famous ride from Hadley to rescue the 
settlement, the Indians on seeing Pynchon's band, retreated with their plunder 
to the high bluffs on the Chicopee River, just below Wallamanumps Falls, 
where they camped for the night. In the morning the Indians were surrounded 
and surprised by the infuriated settlers and had no alternative other than be 
slain or leap into the river. The Indians, led by their chief, leaped from the 
liigh cliffs into the foaming waters, eighty feet below, in their efforts to escape. 

Another authority says that the Indians retreated to a camp on the 
banks of the Chicopee River about six miles from Springfield, where they 
camped for the night, "slept in peace and arose in triumph," and in the 
morning plunged into the forests to the north. The peaceful Agawams, who 
had been induced to take part in the war by Philip's warriors, left Springfield 
with the retreating marauders. 

There is also a story that a young brave, despondent because his sweetheart 
rejected him. plunged from the clifi"s into the river to end his despair. The story 
is of the legendaiy type that originates in imagination and is regarded as a 
fact after years of repetition. 

Springfield fomierly included Chicopee, Ludlow, Wilbraham, and Hampden, 
Longmeadow, parts of Enfield and Suffield, Agawam, a part of Southwick, West 
Springfield, and Westfiekl. This ^■ast area which was not alloted to settlers was 
divided into "outward" and "inward" commons and was used in common for 
pasturage, etc. Governor Andros began a policy sequestering the commons or 
unalloted lands in Massachusetts, and the colonlists feared the lands would 
revert the crown. The wise men of Springfield took advantage of the allot- 
ment clause, extended the jurisdiction of the town several miles east and west 
and then alloted all the land. Land oAvned by an individual could not be taken 
by the Governor. The outlying land was called outward commons. 

The first conveyance of land for buildings in Indian Orchard was that of 
John Paulk to Benjamin Corey in 1804, who conveyed the tract afterward known 



BISSONNETTE BROS. 

Meats and Groceries 
INDIAN ORCHARD MASSACHUSETTS 

Clifford's Sanitary Barber Shop 

WE ARE EQUIPPED WITH ALL MODERN DEVICES 

Electric Hair Clipping Electric Shaving 

Electric Face and Hair Massage 

SIX BARBERS ALL TOOLS STERILIZED NO WAITING 

157 MAIN STREET, INDIAN ORCHARD, MASS. 




''A City Within a City"— An Aeroplane View ol 




ester Square, the Hub of Highland Community 



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HODGES FIBER CARPET COMPANY 

(INCORPORATED) 

Patentees and Manufacturers of 

Fiber Floor Coverings 

25 MADISON AVENUE 
NEW YORK 



THE history of The Hodges Fiber Caipet Comjiany has some elements 
of romance. Mr. Frank F. Hodftes, who was the originator of 
fiber matting for floor covering and was the founder of the Cor- 
poration bearing his name, started his business career with a capital 
of but a few hundred dollars, as a manufacturer of women's straw 
hats. While engaged in this business, which was successful from the 
beginning, he began to manufacture also bonnets composed of twisted 
paper threads. 

It was this utilization of twisted paper yarn which suggested the 
idea of employing it also in a floor covering. In 1888, in co-operation 
with a practical mechanic and inventor, Mr. Hodges began to make 
matting with a cotton warp and a filling of paper yarn. Four years 
of experimenting were necessary, and a considerable amount of money 
was expended before this fiber matting, as it was called, found much 
favor in the trade. In 1892 the goods began to sell more freely, and 
two years later The Hodges Fiber Carpet Company was organized, and 
the manufacturing department of the company was removed, from 
Boston, to a larger factory at Indian Orchard, Mass. 

The Hodges Fiber Carpet Co. was the first to manufacture fiber 
carpets, rugs, and matting, and today is the leading industry of its 
kind in the country. They had the courage and business acumen es- 
sential to make the idea a success. 

The business has steadily expanded and is now one of the 
important industries of Indian Orchard, having an outstanding capi- 
tal of one million dollars and employs several hundred skilled operators. 

Wool and Fiber Carpets 
and Rugs 



New York Telephone : Madison Square, 8908 



MilU: Indian Orchard, Mass. 



HIGHLAND COMMUNITY 35 

as the Corey farm. This tract then passed to Rev. Samuel Osgood, who later 
in 1825 convened an undivided one-half interest to Charles Stearns. These men 
continued to buy land on both sides of the river for the purpose of developing- 
the water power. In 1839 they organized and incorporated the Indian Orchard 
Canal Company and turned over to it several hundred acres of land. 

1845, under the direction of Charles Steams, the corporation began con- 
struction of a dam and selling house lots. In 1847 Rev. F. A. Barton of Chico- 
pee, a Congregational minister, and engineer, was made agent of the Indian 
Orchard Canal Co. He was a man of great energy and at once began to lay 
out and grade streets and to lay the foundations for large manufacturing enter- 
prises. He built the Number 1 Mill, a machine shop, a branch railroad to con- 
nect with the Western Railroad, a resilience, and built a sewer for the com- 
munity. Mr. Barton's home was tlie center of the social and religious life of the 
village. 

In 1853 the Indian Orchard Canal Co. became financially embarrassed and 
was succeeded by a new corporation known as the Wai'd Manufacturing Co. 
This coi-poration flourished until 1857, when it failed and lost all its valuable 
properties, which were bought by George O. Hovey of Boston. Mr. Hovey 
organized a corporation in 1859 called the Indian Orchard Mills and turned over 
to it all the assets purchased from the old company. Mr. George Hovey was 
chosen president of the new corporation, Edward Atkinson of Boston, treasurer, 
and George W. Holt was appointed resident agent. Success was made from the 
start, the mills were enlarged, tenements built, and many public improvements 
were made, and the Chapman Valve Co., in 1874, was induced to locate in The 
Orchard, which was fast becoming a large, prosperous village. Prosperity con- 
tinued uninterrupted until July, 1886, when Number 2 Mill burned and the 
stockholders discovered that the corporation was in a bad financial condition. 
The corporation was in such a bad condition that the mills were closed and it 
took three years to straighten out the financial entanglements. Eventually 
the creditors were paid and in 1889 the assets, consisting of the mills and water 
power, one hundred and sixty teneinents ami over five hundred acres of land 
were sold to a sj-ndicate. Tliis syndicate organized the Indian Orchard Com- 
pany, the corporation N\hich at present owns and operates the properties. This 
corporation began manufacturing yams in 1890 and under able and efficient 
management has enjoyed thirty years of prosperity. 

Julius Appleton of Springfield was the first president, and Chai'les A. Good- 
win the first treasurer of the Indian Orchard Co. Number 1 Mill was con- 
verted into a yam mill and William C. Godfrey was placed in charge, with the 
title of agent. Mr. Goodwin retired in 1893 and was succeeded by H. K. Wight, 



Insurance Exclusively A. M. GLEASON Indian Orchard 

Thirty-five Companies — Thirty-five Years' Experience. 

Over 250,000,000 Insurance Capital represented in this Long-Established and Fire- 
Tested Agency. 

A desirable place for property owners who are in search of "The Best," to buy any 
Ivind of insurance (Stock or Mutual) at the lowest existing tariff rate. 

Cash Dividends are paid on all expiring policies in the "Old Line" high-grade 
Mutuals. 

If YOU do not understand this, let us explain at your convenience. 

FINANCIAL STABILITY SERVICE SATISFACTION 

The preacher says that "The greatest thing in the world is Love," but the trained 
business man says, "Experience." 

This Agency advertises the latter and it is at Your service free, but it has cost us 
toil and pain and midnight oil to get. 

"Whistle and I'll come to ye, me lad." 
Assistants: Mrs. A. S. Gardener, Broker. Miss A. E. Harris Mrs. J. L. Preston 

Telephone Orchard 48 

We W'ant Your Business ! 1\ ^ * D ■ 1 /^~^ 

Hardware, S.oves, Plumbing MomSSey brotherS Co. 

14.1-MAIN ST. 1 72 

Paints and Wall Paper indian orchard 



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Jair/ci/X^ 

IVOk.Y 
FIBLRUOID 



THE beauty of Fairfax Toilet Articles — their 
rich ivory-like finish and dignified design — will 
be quickly appreciated. This pattern, now 
shown by dealers of the better class, may be pur- 
chased, one article at a time, or in complete sets: 
Brushes, Combs, Mirrors, Powder and Jewelry Boxes, 
Cosmetic Jars, Hair Receivers, Pin Cushions, Shoe 
Horns, Buttonhooks, Manicure Outfits. 

5 Each piece made of solid Ivory Fiberloid — the 
most dainty, durable and sanitary ot all materials 
for the boudoir, and will not tarnish, break or dent. 
Fully guaranteed. 

5 May be easily engraved and inlaid with artistic 
monograms in contrasting enamels. 

The FIBERLOID CORPORATION 

Advertising Department, Indian Orchard, Mass. 

Salesrooms: 55 Fifth Avenue, New York 

Dominion Ivory Co. Ltd. Toronto, Canada 



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37 



who held the office of treasurer until 1909. In 1909 the stockholders elected 
William C. Godfrey treasurer, and he has ably filled the office of agent and 
treasurer since that time. 

In November, 1902, the Indian Orchard Company sold 16 acres of its land 
on the south side of the Chicopee River to The Fiberloid Corporation of New- 
buiyport, which moved its entire plant to Indian Orchard, and developed a very 
extensive and profitable business. 

Thirty years ago Indian Orchard was a village of about 1,500 people and 
today it contains about 9,000, and is growing faster than houses are being 
constructed to take care of the increase. The Indian Orchard Company, the 
Chapman Valve Manufacturing Co., Hodges Fiber Carpet Co., The Fiberloid 
Coi-poration, Springfield Foundry, Prest-0-Lite Co., Dexter P. Lillie Co., and the 
Metallic Drawing Roll Co.. are all located in Indian Orchard, and are doing 
a large and prosperous business. 

Indian Orchard has the privileges of a city and also the advantages of the 
country, being under the Springfield City Government and connected to the city 
by a good trolley line. With the thriving industries and the rapidly increasing 
population the future outlook for this community is very bright. 



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Largest Stock in New England 

EDWARD KINNEY 

VIOLIN MAKER AND IMPORTER 




Always some good bargains on hand. 



Most Artistic Repairing 



242 Worthington St., Springfield, Mass. 



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PHONOGRAPHS AND RECORDS 



ALSO 

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and Records on the 

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Poole's Court Square Store 







Chandeliers Refinished. Nickel, Gold, Silver, Brass and Copper 

Plating. Telephone, River 2036. 

ENTERPRISE PLATING COMPANY 

49 TAYLOR STREET, SPRINGFIELD 



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Leroy H. Wilcox 

Real Estate and Insurance Broker 

City Homes, Investments and Farms 
Rents Collected Property Cared For 

Office Telephone. River. 4698 

Residence Telephone. River. 1813 W 

Lyman Building 

374 Main St., Springfield, Mass. 


Wallace L. Weber 

Confectionery, Cigars, Cigarettes and 
Tobacco 

.-\gent for 

FIRST-CLASS SHOE REPAIRING 
Neolin Soles a Specialty 

1 9 Rutland St. P, O. Building 


Robert B. Warner 

Architect and Engineer 
1 68 Bridge Street 


Mrs. L. M. Hodge 

Dry Goods and Notions 
339 Bay Street 


Reed Street Market 

Qroceries 
Meats, Vegetables, Fruits 

Telephone River 3570 56 Reed Street 


1 he E. L. Osgood Co. 

Dry Qoods and Notions 
River 2552 1075 State Street 


J. B. TETRAULT & BRO. 
Builders of Homes 

3 1 7 Main Street Room 3 1 7 

Residence, I 1 74 St. James Avenue 

TELEPHONE 


O. K. Chocolate Shop 

Confectioner'^ and Ice Cream 

Try Our Bakery Fresh Every Day 

PHONE RIVER 190 

200 Wilbraham Road 




HIGHLAND COM M U N ITY 39 

THE FUTURE OF HIGHLAND COMMUNITY 

AST SPRINGFIELD, as has been stated, is growing at a very rapid 
rate. Indian Orchard is also growing rapidly. Winchester Square 
has developed rapidly and is now beginning a new period of far 
greater growth. It is only a question of a few years and all the 
vacant land between Winchester Square, East Springfield, and 
Indian Orchard will be laid cut in streets, improved and built up. 
The city has already begun construction of the Carlisle Brook sewer, which 
begins near the corner of College and Shattuck Streets, runs east to the swamp, 
thence south under State Street and Wilbraham Road, thence past the Rifle 
Club Range to Hickory Street and Mill River. The appropriations so far are in 
excess of $150,000. This is the largest and most extensive sewer ever laid out 
by the city. It will drain the pond east of College Street, the swamps about 
Bay Woods and to the south, and will make many, many acres of land available 
for homes. We are infomied from sources apparently reliable, that two diflfer- 
ent manufacturing corporations have purchased large tracts in this area with 
the intention of erecting large plants as soon as conditions become more 
stabilized. The Highland Breweries will no doubt be converted into an indus- 
trial plant before long. The Alms House and City Hospital are now over- 
crowded. The land occupied by these institution.s is becoming too valuable for 
such purposes. No doubt the city will soon erect new, modem buildings on 
cheaper land and sell for development the valuable tract at present occupied 
by the Alms House and the City Hospital. 

The city has purchased land on the northerly side of Wilbraham Road, op- 
posite Carlisle and Norfolk Streets, for a new school. The tract has a frontage 
of four hundred feet on Wilbraham Road and is four hundred feet deep. It is 
said that a large church is to be built at the comer of Wilbraham Road and 
Benton Streets. Statistics show that there are fifty thousand people in Spring- 
field living east of Hancock Street. 



THE EXACT R STORE 

Here you find that "perfect balance" of equipment and organization 
that means so much in prescription practice. 

Drugs perfectly balanced in quality, purity, and potency. 

Utensils of the highest accuracy. 

Knowledge and care supreme ; all giving prescription results equal 
to fullest requirements. 

BROUGHTON'S PHARMACY 

ROBERT H. BROUGHTON, Reg. Pharm. 

Telephones, River 5701-8527 Free Delivery 

155 Sherman St., (cor. Bay) Springfield. Mass. 

Quality Groceries ! T A PJp] J „ ^^5 

^ WHERE? J' ^' f leiq Bay ^Street 

A. V. R E O P E L L 687 State Street 

CHEVROLET CARS Telephone River 2586 



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Seybolt, Chase & Seybolt 

INCORPORATED 

314-316 Third National Bank Building 
Springfield, Mass. 

TAX FREE STOCKS AND BONDS 

Send for List and Prices 
( if You Wish to Buy or Sell Securities, Try Our Service ) 



LET US CORRECT YOUR VISION 

COME TO US FOR ALL OPTICAL NEEDS 

,^^ OPTOM ET RISTS p 

Scientific Examination M^ opticians rrescriplions 

of the Eyes ^^C^ O^V^^^^fTtOTtGt/^J ^°' ^^^ Glasses 

without the use of Drugs ^iprr^^^^PT I CA L SH^^^^==Z::::^ Carefully Attended To 

PERCIVAL GREGORY 
23 HARRISON AVENUE PHONE RIVER 4274 



Thomas Kilcourse 

92 Eastern Avenue 

Groceries, Meats and Vegetables 

^^°^^^ ) wJ:; \\f\ Two Deliveries Daily 

AUTO FEED STATIONS 

S. J. CORONER CO., Inc. Phone, River 337 



22 Taylor Street; 425 St. James Ave. 
SPRINGFIELD 

44 Whiting Street, New Haven, Conn. 39 Railroad Street, Holyoke 



H IGH LAX D COMM U X I TY 41 

All these facts indicate that the city is growing rapidly and that the center 
of the city is gradually shifting to the east. The new areas that are to be laid 
out and developed in the near future should be laid out and developed with 
great care. The streets should be wide, with ample tree belts well planted. The 
lots should be large. Building line? should be fixed and such restrictions imposed 
as are necessary to protect the community. Care should be taken to provide 
for large parks and play grounds. If we are to have men and women tomorrow 
physically and mentally prepared to assume the burdens of government we 
must give the children of today a chance to develop properly. Undernourished 
minds and bodies breed discontent and bolshevism. 

With the shifting of the centei- of the city to the east the need of public 
buildings in Winchester Square is more apparent. The Police Department 
needs a station in Winchester Square in order to render more efficient service 
in the Highland Community. The Winchester Fire Station should be enlarged. 
There is need of a building in which city business could be handled more expedi- 
tiously and conveniently for all. A branch libraiy would be of very great 
convenience to thousands of people. 

All places of natural beauty should be protected and preserved. Drives 
and walks should be laid out now around Massasoit Lake, a spot of unusual, 
natural beauty. Something should be done to presence for the people a spot 
like Flagg's Hill off Bay Road. A tower should be erected to enhance the view 
from this high point. Indian Leap, on the Chicopee River in Indian Orchard, is 
rich in history, tradition, and natural beauty. This historic spot should be 
preserved. Today the approach and surroundings detract from and do much 
to destroy its natural charm. 

A little thought, a little foresight, and imagination and the will to do, 
makes a city an attractive, channing place to live in. All things that tend to 
improve the morale of the people, and the physical attractiveness of any city are 
a good investment and one well worth the cost. By exercising that foresight 
and thoughtfulness commonly shown in the management of a great industrial 
corporation, a city, which is nothing but a big business corporation in which 
the people are shareholders, can anticipate its growth and can acquire what it 
shall certainly need, at a fair price; that is good business. 

We need a City Planning Board with sound judgment, courage, and author- 
ity. Let us get together; let us do those things all admit should be done; let us 
avoid the mistakes of the past and make Springfield a city of charm and 
attractiveness to all men, a city envied of all cities. 



QUALITY STORE 

H. De GRANDPRE, Prop. 

Groceries, Vegetables and Choice Meats 

Fish and Oysters m Season 
Phone, River 2178 1083-1085 State Street 

WINCHESTER PARK BAKERY 

Strictly Home Made Goods Only 
BREAD, ROLLS, DOUGHNUTS, PIES. CAKES AND COOKIES 

821 STATE STREET Tel. River 4234 OSCAR LEPPER, Prop. 



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H. R. TUNKS 



C.J.GEORGE 



Best]Work at Reasonable Prices. Please Qive Us a Trial 

Highland Top Company 

Auto Tops Re-covered, or Repaired 

Plate Glass Lights New Celluloid in Curtains 

GENERAL REPAIRING 

Rear of 16 Andrew St. Springfield, Mass. 



Importers d 

Oriental Rugs and 

Carpets 

Hand Drawn 

Window Draperies 

at wholesale and 
y J retail prices 

M. S. Emirzian & Co. 

*• Rugs Cleaned and Repaired a Specialty 
145 State St. Springfield 7 Willow St. 

^9tt Telephone Hirer J/65fi 




Phone W-1HS-; Motor Will Call 

MANHATTAN 

Cleansers and Dyers 
KLEEN KLOSE KLEENEST 

1087 State Street 
Branch : 2 1 Dwight Street 
Free Booklet Sent On Request 



(^verp T)rop l^ich and Vure 

INDESSI 

MILK 

495 BERKSHIRE AVENUE 
PHONE RIVER 582. DAIRY 

Covers the Hill Section East of 
Chestnut ; North of State 

Every Drop Laboratory Inspected 



New Rugs 
from Old Carpets 

Don't throw away your worn out carpets. 
Send them to us and let us make them over 
mto serviceable Fluff Rugs. Write today for 
particulars and prices. 

Springfield Economy Rug Co. 

Tel. River 743 
17 Taylor St. Springfield, Mass. 



John McCleary & Sons 

GENIRR.AL ROOFING CONTRACTORS 
Slate, Tile and Gravel Roofing Asphalt Mastic Floors 

Telephone River 3806- W 47 COLTON ST. 



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HIGHLAND CO-OPERATIVE BANK 

BUSINESS as it is conducted today is dependent upon the facilities and serv- 
ice rendered by banks. The establishment of a bank in a community is, 
therefore, an event of great importance in its development. The year 1920 
is the beginning- of a new period in the history of Winchester Square, for two 
banks have been opened during the year in the Square. The organization of the 
Highland Co-operative Bank was started, and immediately thereafter the Com- 
mercial Trust Co. took steps to establish a branch in the Square. Foresighted, 
progressive citizens have felt for some time that a bank should be opened in 
Winchester Square. As a result, a group of business men of the Highland 
Community arranged for a meeting on April 26, 1920, of persons particularly 
interested in establishing a bank and invited Attorney Ernest W. Carman to 
address the gathering relative to the organization and management of co-opera- 
tive banks. After this meeting steps were taken at once to organize a co-opera- 
tive bank to be known as Highland Co-operative Bank. The following is the 
list of citizens who signed the organization papers as original incoi-porators : 



Edward AfFhauser 
Herman C. Heiden 
John D. Pond 
Henry W. Butterfield 
Charles M. Bugbee 
Henry S. Johnston 
Charles H. Gardner 
Clark L. Richards 
John A. Dale 
John S. Nelson 
Walter L. Spaulding 
Harry T. Lazelle 
Jesse H. Ordway 
Charles R. Hutchinson 
Harold W. Dearhorn 
Ralph A. Rathbun 
Thomas G. Cordner 
Wolcott F. Gumble 
Ernest W. Carman 
John W. Crane 
Arthur A. Adams 



William H. Daggett 
Raoul J. Vezina 
Jesse A. Hall 
William H. Feltham 
George S. Payne 
Ben M. Shanklin 
Wilkerson S. W. Thompson 
John O. Belcher 
Edward G. Marshman 
Edward C. Lewis 
John E. Feltham 
Btnjamin Syrett 
Edward J. King 
Horace C. Feltham 
Charles L. Young 
Asahel E. Lyon 
John F. E. Chamberlain 
Frank N. B'ridgham 
Fred N. Wheeler 
Charles B. Fitts 
George P. Sampson 



Arthur R. Sellers 
Costa N. Pilalas 
Solon F. Preston 
Thomas J. Kokkinos 
Frederick D. Simes 
Charles F. Cooper 
Julian R. Albee 
Carl N. Ekberg 
Thomas L. Dumphy 
Louis M. Callahan 
W. Kirk Kaynor 
David Allen Reed 
John C. Reed 
Carlos Ruggles, Jr. 
Leroy H. Wilcox 
Fred E. Doolittle 
William J. Schlatter 
Josiah A. Field 
Peter A. Borg 
John D. Stephens 



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Winchester Square Market 

813-815 State Street 
WE CARRY A FULL LINE OF 

Choice Meats, Groceries, Fruits 

Vegetables and Sea 

Foods 

We make two deliveries each day and aim to give our 

patrons Good Service, Good Goods and Low Prices. 

Give us a call. 

Telephone River 400 Telephone River 401 

L. M. & M. L. MULRONE 

Winchester Dry Goods Store 

25 Wilbraham Road Telephone Connection 

SCRIPPS-BOOTH SCRIPPS-BOOTH 

WOLOHAN 
MOTOR CAR CO. 

770-772 STATE ST. TEL. RIVER 7804 



HIGHLAND COMMUNITY 



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On May o, 1920, the incorporators met for organization, adopted by-laws 
and elected the following Board of Directors and officers: 



Charles M. Bugbee 
W. Kirk Kaynor 
Ernest W. Carman 
John A. Dale 
Harold W. Dearborn 
Woleott W. Gumble 



Herman C. Heiden 
Charles R. Hutchinson 
Henry W. Butterfleld 
Henry S. Johnson 
John S. Nelson 



Jesse H. Ordway 
John D. Pond 
William J. Schlatter 
Walter L. Spaulding 
Clark L. Richards 



Herman C. Heiden, Treasurer 



Carlos Ruggles, Jr., Clerk 



The Board of Directoi's met forthwith and appointed Ernest W. Cai-man 
attorney and counsel for the bank and elected the following officers: Thomas 
G. Cordner, President; W. Kirk Kaynor, First Vice-President; Walter L. Spauld- 
ing, Second Vice-President. 

The organization papers were filed without delay. The work of selling the 
first series of shares was immediately started and it is greatly to the credit of 
the incorporators and officers that by June 2, 1920, the date of the hearing be- 
fore the Banking Commission, they voluntarily and by their own efforts had 
secui-ed 426 shareholders, who subscribed for a total of 2,680 shares. 

The following incorporators attended before Honorable Joseph C. Allen, 
Banking Commissioner, at Boston, June 2, 1920: 



Ernest W. Carman 
Herman C. Heiden 
John W. Crane 



John D. Pond 
Thomas G. Cordner 
Carlos Ruggles, Jr. 



Charles R. Hutchinson 
Harold W. Dearborn 
William J. Schlatter 



The Banking Commissioner granted the petition for the Bank shortly after. 

Bearing in mind that the Bank in a short time would need a convenient 
place of bu.siness occupied by it exclusively, the directors voted to lease for a 
term of years the premises now occupied by the Bank at 10 Sherman Street. 

The Bank opened for business, Tuesday, July 6th, Monday, the fifth, having 
been celebrated as Independence Day. Since that time the Bank has made steady 
progress. The directors have made construction loans and other loans that have 
been of real assistance to the applicants in procuring homes. The earnings of 
the Bank per dollar paid in since its inception have been exceedingly grati- 
fying to the Directors. The Bank has made a splendid showing, a showing 
which pi'oves the need of such an institution in the community and foretells 
a career of success and service. 

Considerable interest in the Bank had been manifested from the start in 
Indian Orchard, and in December it was deemed wise to make application to the 
Bank Commissioner for peiTnission to locate a branch in this growing section. 
This peiTtiission was readily granted, and on January 11, 1921, the Indian 
Orchard Branch opened its doors for business at 164 Main Street under the 
management of Wilbrod J. DuBois, who had already served the Bank for several 
months as one of its directors. 




When Your Trunk Is Ready 

Call River 441 

and A. A. B. Service will do the rest. 

Getting your trunk to the station in time for 
your train; Checking your trunk to any residence 
or hotel at destination. Prompt service extended 
to Roomers, changing location in the city. 
Every Order Executed with 

Reliability, Courtesy, Efficiency 

Springfield Baggage Transfer 

A. A. BEAUREGARD, Prop. 
At Railroad Station Springfield 



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Chas. E. Robertson 

Ladies' and Men's Suits Made 

Repaired and Pressed 

Notions and Trimmings 

1 1 Rutland Street 


John B. Laureno 

SAXITARY BARBER SHOP 

Children's Hair Cutting a Specialty 
915 State Street 

Springfield, Massachusetts 


M. Kaplan 

Ladies' and Gents' bailor 

8 Bristol Street, Near Wilbraham Rd. 

Telephone River 7619 


F. W. Jackson 

RETAIL PROVISIONS 
352-354 Bay Street 

Telephone River 3245 


J. Canter & Son 

Meats, Groceries and Provisions 
984-984 1 2 State Street 

Tel. River 7416 


Halley Bros. Garage 

First Class Repair 
Shop 

Tel. River 1609 12 Oalc Grove Ave. 


H. W. McKenzie 

Insurance '.' Real Estate 
374 Main Street 

Residence. 177 Oak Grove Avenue 
Telephone, River 5193-M 


EAT at the 

New England Restaurant 

Winchester Square 

Home Cooking and Baking 

Our Specialty 

Self and Waitress Service 


Springfield Steam 

Carpet Cleaning Company 

FEATHERS RENOVATED 

Sponging and Re-finishing 
of Dress Goods 

36 TAYLOR STREET 
T. A. KENYON TEL. RIVER 764 


HIGHLAND 

Restaurant and Lunch 
BEST FOOD 

Quick Service 

29 Wilbraham Road Tel. River 8584 
J. E. CAVARIO, Proprietor 


U. LABINE 

BOOTS. SHOEs'^AND RUBBERS 

SHOE MANUFACTURER 

Repairing Promptly Done in a First-class Manner 17 WILBRAHAM ROAD 

Winchester Square Shoe Store Springfield, Massachusetts 



HIGHLAND CO M MUN ITY 47 

Few people know anything about co-operative banks and the sei-vice ren- 
dered by them. The following opening paragraph from the State Banking Com- 
missioner's Report for the year 1919 tells a wonderful story. 

"On October 31, 1919, 190 co-operative banks were in operation, the aggre- 
gate of their assets totaling $154,879,638.70, an increase of $14,678,604.72 during 
the year, the largest increase in any one year since the inception of the co- 
operative bank system in 1877." 

From the above statement it appears that the shareholders in co-operative 
banks in Massachusetts now have accumulated in these banks $154,879,638.70 
saved from their earnings. This vast sum is only a paii: of the many millions 
of dollars saved in co-operative banks and withdrawn for investment in busi- 
ness or otherwise since 1877. It is of great significance that the shareholders in 
co-operative banks saved from their earnings last year in excess of the money 
withdrawn. 

Many people do not know what buying a share in a co-operative bank 
means. In its simplest fomi, to buy a share in a co-operative bank means 
depositing $1.00 per month in the bank vmtil the dollars deposited plus the accu- 
mulated interest earnetl by them amount to $200 when the share is said to be 
matured. This takes about one hundred forty (140) months. In other 
words, the shareholder puts in about $140 and gets $200. A person may buy 
from one to forty shares. 

Matured or "Paid Up" Shares 

When a share has matured, that is, when the monthly payments plus the 
accrued interest total $200, the shareholder may at his election withdraw the 
$200 or leave it in the bank and take out a certificate for one paid-up share, 
which will draw interest at 5% per annum, payable quarterly. Matured or 
'paid up'' shares in co-operative banks are a sound investment, because they 
are always woi-th their face value. Paid-up shares may be sold and transfeiTed 
like shares in other corporations or surrendered and the face value withdi'awn at 



At Your Service 

The above expression is our guarantee for 

Fair Treatment 

Quality and 

Values 

in fact, it carries w^ith it a sort of Special In- 
surance that vs^hat you buy of us will Satisfy 
You. Think it over and become a friend 
of this store. 

Starrett & Simes, ^sQ^Jl^ir^ 



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WALL PAPERS 
DECORATORS' SUPPLIES 



A variety of wall papers selectc! 
with the idea of being able to fil' 
any need in wall decoration. Boti' 
American made and foreign good 
in all manner of patterns. Ever, 
roll priced as low as possible, (lua' 
ity considered. 



We have at your command a 
complete assortment of varnishes, 
stains, and enamels, which help tc, 
beautify and preserve your home 
Rice's "Barrelled Sunlight", "Val- 
spar", "61 Varnish Stains", "Atlan- 
tic Lead", "O Jaco Paint", and 
whatever else is the best of its kind. 



Pictures, Greeting Cards, Picture Frames 



Ycu are invited to 
look over our display 
of pictures. You will 
find the subjects in 
themselves good, the 
frames artistic, and 
the prices most rea- 
sonable. 



Greeting Cards for 
every occasion; and a 
good variety to select 
from. 

Let a Greeting Card 
Carry Your Message 



Picture frames made 
to order. Each frame 
so made that it seem:^ 
to become a part of 
the picture. Satisfac- 
tion guaranteed. 



T» L» Dumphy Co* 



776 State Street Winchester Square 



Springfield, Mass. 



^am^ (EttlJ 

S?tr^aiiiu5 <xnh Bulrantztng (Ho. 

77SI &tatr S'trrrt. Hturlirstpr ^nuarp 

WELLS & WHITE 

739 Worthington Street 
Telephone, River 1842 Springfield, Mass. 



HIGHLAND COMMUNITY 49 

any time upon giving regular notice. In practice the notice is usually waived 
so that a paid-up certificate is as good as the cash. Formerly it was not possible 
to get a paid-up share except by making the usual monthly payments. 

A recent act of the Legislature changed the law. Now anyone can buy a 
paid-up share in a co-operative bank at any time by depositing $200 in the bank. 
Such deposits are evidenced by a regular stock certificate issued to the deposi- 
tor, which bears interest at the rate of 5% per annum, payable quarterly as 
stated before. 

The money deposited in a co-operative bank on account of shares is loaned 
by the directors on first mortgages and is therefore secui-e. The interest re- 
ceived by the bank on these loans is applied first to pay the i-unning expenses 
of the bank and second to pay dividends to the shareholders. Co-operative 
bank expenses are very low. A small office is sufficient for doing business. With 
the exception of the treasurer, who receives nominal compensation fixed by the 
directors for clerical sei'\'ices, the officers receive no compensation for their 
sei-vices. Office supplies are standardized and reduced to a minimum. The 
object of the co-operative bank system is to do business simply and economi- 
cally, to keep all funds securely invested and to pay as large dividends as pos- 
sible to shareholders. The earnings, after minimum expenses have been de- 
tlucted, are credited to the shareholders. In other words eveiy shareholder's 
money is invested and each shareholder gets all his money has earned, less his 
proportionate share of the expense for rent of office, clerical sei-vices, and office 
supplies. The interest or dividends paid by co-operative banks averages above 
5Vf per annum. 

Co-operative banks are a part of the Commonwealth's carefully guarded 
banking system. Each co-operative bank is under the supervision of the State 
Banking Commissioner, and are examined periodically just as savings banks 
and trust companies are. Co-operative banks can loan their money only on first 
mortgages, on real estate, and to shareholders on their shares as security. 
These banks render special aid to persons buying or building a home. The law 
permits a co-operative bank to loan 80% of the value of the property. Where 
a loan is made on completed propei-ty the amount of the loan is advanced at 
once. Where a shareholder is building his home and gets a construction loan, 
the money is advanced as consti-uction proceeds. For example, when the share- 
holder has completed his foundation, laid the first floor, and the frame is up, 
the bank will advance a substantial payment, and so on. 

The borrower is required to take one share for each $200 borrowed. He 
pays dues on his shares monthly and interest on his loan monthly. For instance, 
a man borrows $2,000 on his house. He is required to take ten shares. The 
dues on his shares are $10 per month. The interest at 6% on $2,000 is $10 per 
month. Consequently, the borrower pays $20 to the bank each month. The 
money paid in on the shares accumulates and earns interest for the shareholder. 



Men^s Furnishings 

FOR 

Business, Pleasure, 
Dress 

Our Service in showing is as courteous as in selling. 
The Sun never sets on our Endeavor to Please. 

ANDREW G. SYDELL 

788 State Street Winchester Square 



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HIGHLAND COMMUNITY 



OWN A HOME 

AT 

LAKEVIEW VILLA 

Situated on Wilbraham Road and Massasoit 
Lake, 27 minutes walk from Winchester Square. 
Cottage and Bungalow lots at $150, $250, $350, 
$400 to $625- a few higher. 

Lots 50x100-75x100 and 50 to 277 feet deep. 
Reasonable restrictions, reasonable prices and rea- 
sonable terms. Liberty Bonds taken at full value 
as part payment. A home is not only the best 
investment on earth, but a Strong Fort in old Age 

LAKEVIEW VILLA 

PHoNh, Walnut 3547 

Office, 819 State St. William A. Hayre, Trustee 

Opsn Evenings until 9.30 o'clock 



Fordson Tractors 

Manufactured by Henry Ford & Son 




Powerful 

Simple 
Economical 

Low Cost 

Reliable 

Efficient 



New Reduced Price, $625, F. O. B. Detroit 

The "FORDSON" Tractor is adapted for use on small farms 
as well as the largest. It will pull all farm inplements and 
do the work generally done by horses. In addition, by its 
belt pulley, the Tractor will drive farm machinery, such as 
thresher, ensilage cutter, saw mill, etc., making the 
"FORDSON" a truly universal tractor. 



HARRY K. SMITH 



River 4389 



824 State St. 



HIGHLAND COMMUNITY 



51 



In about one hundred forty months the 
money paid in on each share plus the inter- 
est earned equals $200. The ten shares are 
then worth $2,000 and the savings thus ac- 
cumulated on the shares eciual and auto- 
matically pay the $2,000 mortgage on the 
house, and the borrower has his house free 
and clear. 



IN BRIEF — 

Shares are offered for sale in January, 
April, July, and October, and may be pur- 
chased at any time. 

Each shareholder may have from one to 
forty shares. 

One dollar per month is deposited upon 
each share until, with the earnings, it 
amounts to $200. 

When a share amounts to $200, it is pay- 
able in cash or allowed to remain as a ma- 
tured share. 

If a person who is not a borrower desires 
to withdraw any of his shares he may do so. 

Withdrawals are usually paid at once on 
request. Thirty days' notice, however, may 
be reqviired by the bank. 

In case a shareholder neglects to pay his $1.00 per month per share, he 
must pay a fine of two cents a month on eveiy dollar in arrears. Thus, if he 
hold five shares, and omits to pay when due, the fine is ten cents; if he allows 
two months to slip by, the fine will be twenty cents, and so on. Of course, if 
he finds himself unable to pay at all, he should withdraw his shares. 

Shareholders may obtain loans on the shares they hold without additional 
security, provided they are of the required value. To borrow is often more 
('esirable than to withdraw your shares and stop saving. 




Restful Massasoit 



CASH AND CARRY YOUR 

Groceries and Meats 

and Leavt.- the Cos* of Delivery in Your Pocket 

We prepare our own Sausage, Pressed Ham, 

Minced Ham, Bologna, Liverworst 

and other Delicatessen Meats 



OUR FRESH MEATS ARE THE BEST TO BE HAD 



792 State Steret 



John S* Nelson 



Hill delivery made for 10 certs 



Winchester Square 



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Flowers and Plants 

Properly Delivered 

Properly Selected Properly Clustered Properly Presented 

Wm. Schlatter & Sons 

GREENHOUSES: STORE : 

437 Bay St., opp. Oak Grove Cemetery 422 Main St., Springfield, Mass. 

"SAY IT WITH FLOWERS" 

TELEPHONE RIVER 3070 

Fred'k S. Morris 

Ideal Bakery 

THE HOME OF THE BUTTER ROLL 

8ia STATE ST. SPRINGFIELD, MASS. 

BOSTON CANDY KITCHEN CO. 

1012 State Street Phone, Walnut 1721 

Try Our Home Made Ice Cream 

Ten years in business and still giving the best ser- 
vice we know how. Let's get acquainted. 

DEARBORN'S DRUG STORE 

Registered Druiffiist Ccr. F^EFD & STATE STS. 



H IGH LAN D COMMUNITY 53 

Loans to owners and occupants of homesteads are especially favored, and 
money may be advanced in installments to build. 

Loans may be repaid at any time, in whole or in part. 

Applications for loans may be made to the Treasurer at any time. 

Loans are made in sums of $50, or its multiple, not exceeding $8000 on a 
single loan. 

Pass-books are required for all transactions with the bank. 

Own your o^^^l home. Rent is money lost. The price of a house is money 
saved. 

Co-operative Banks aid people to accumulate money for future purposes, 
especially as a provision against sickness and old age, or for the accumulation 
of a fund for children. They also aim to help people buy houses, pay off mort- 
gages, build homes and save money. 

All members of the bank participate equally in the earnings of the bank. 
Paying a good rate of interest is made possible by the low cost of conducting 
the bank. 

Considerably more than One Hundred and Twenty-Five Million ($125,000,- 
000.00) Dollar.^ are at the present time invested in co-operative banks in Massa- 
chusetts. The average interest rate paid to depositors is something in excess 
of 5 per cent. . 

If no profits were added to your savings in a co-operative bank it would 
require two hundred months (sixteen and two-thirds years) to pay up a share; 
but at the end of each three months, before the issue of a new series, the 
accounts are made up and the profits credited to the several shares. These 
credits help to mature the shares, and reduce the time to about twelve years, 
which makes a very profitable investment. 

Any person — man, wcman or child — desiring to purchase shares as a 
sa\ing or investment may do so. The price per share is $1.00 a month. If you 
desire to save or invest $5.00 a month, you take five shares and pay $5.00 a 
month; if $10.00. then you take ten shares and pay $10.00 a month; if $25.00 
a month, then twenty-five shares; and the same for any amount from one to 
forty dollars. No one person can hold more than forty shares. 

Matured shares are those which are full paid. FoiTnerly a person was 
obliged to withdraw his shares from the bank when they matured; that is, when 
they reached their full value of $200.00 each. Now it is pennitted by law that 
any person may allow any number up to ten of his matured shares to remain 
on interest. This makes an excellent investment for those who desire to 
leave their matured shares. Matured shares may be withdra^\•n after notice 
of 90 days, but when the bank is in funds no notice is generally required. 

Apply to the Treasurer for any further information desired. 



The Central Pharmacy 

A. W. S. VOLLEY, Ph. Q. 

REQ. PHAR.M. 

267 Central Street, Cor. Pine Street Springfield, Mass. 



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WANTED 

to hear from anyone who is dissatisfied with their 
LAUNDRY WORK 




Tel. River 1626 



TOGGERY SHOP 

R. H. ALDRICH, Proprietor 

9 13 State Street V^ear Concord Terrace Springfield, ^TUCass. 



WE SAVE SOLES 

In Shoe Repairing, three things are 

ejsential; Quality, Kxpert Workmanship and 
Prompt Service. We guarantee all work, and 
our guarantee means something, as we have 
been doing business here for many years. Let 
us repair your next pair of old shoes. Prices 
reasonable. 

Williams Shoe Repairing Co. 

206 Wilbraham Rd. Telephone 



Wm. E. Wiesel 
MEATS and GROCERIES 

87 Wilbraham Road 
Telephone, River 7944 



SUNTER'S 

Reliable Drug Store 

Corner of 

Wilbraham Road and 

Wilbraham Avenue 



Standard 
Shoe Repair Company 

780 State Street 
Tel. River 2272 Springfield 



HIGHLAND COMMUNITY 55 

FIRE PROTECTION FOR WINCHESTER SQUARE 

By William H. Das-gett 

Chief of Springfield Fire Department, First Vice-President Highland Co-operative Bank 

Ir is related elsewhere in this book how through the generosity of Primus P. 
Mason the City of Springfield came into possession of the plot of land on 
which is now located the Winchester Square fire station, and how for fifty 
dollars Mason offered to sell the city the adjoining parcel of land on which is 
now located the west end of the Hendee plant. So considerate, however, were 
these city fathers of the city's financial interests in the transaction, so deter- 
mined not to be inveigled into taking more than one dollar's worth of land, 
that for years after the completion of the station, which cccupietl practically 
every available inch of the approximately one hundred stiuare foot site, 
it was only by trespassing on other property that the stable bins could be 
emptied of refuse. 

The original Winchester Park Fire Station, which was built by Patrick 
Beston in 1886, after plans by W. H. Buxton, cost about $16,000. At an addi- 
tional outlay of $900 the bell, yoke and frame were installed in the bell tower, 
which for many years was a landmark in the vicinity of the Square. This tower 
was taken down in 1915 when the building was remodeled in its present form. 

At a cost of $5,100 interior alterations were made in the building in 1909, 
the big "blind" attic, occupying the whole of the third floor, being converted into 
sleeping rooms and the big dormitcry on the second floor, being converted into 
sleeping rooms, these changes aflTordin?: thii-ty private rooms for the vise of the 
firemen quartered there. 

The entire remodeling of the building in 1915, when, in addition to removal 
of the tower, a steel and concrete apparatus floor was installed, an addition to 
the upper floors built at the rear and new bathrooms and other conveniences 
provided, was at a cost of $32,000. With adoption of the two platoon system, 
January 1, 1919, came the request from all fire stations for permission to pre- 
pare warm meals in quarters, as the men do not leave (luarters to go to their 
meals under this system of fire protection. The i'ec|uest was granted and 
among the many kitchens improvised by the men that at the Winchester Square 
station is one of the best. Indeed, the station throughout is regarded by fire 



The 'Public Appreciates Quality and Sercice in 

DRUGS 

Over 25 years in one location Cor. Hancock and King Streets 

D. F. KEEFE 

PRESCRIPTION DRUGGIST 
Telephone Connections Springfield, Massachusetts 

ERNEST IV. CARMAN, JUorne;^ at Law 

31 (Sim Street 
Tloom 623 telephone T^iver 7651 



MARY T. Mil CM ELL: GIFT SHOP 

Wxl^inx's iPanii |laiiitpb (£bina 

884 State Street Winchester Square 



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Best in DRUG STORE Merchandise 

QUALITY PRICE SERVICE 

Postal Station No. 24 

STEPHIiN A. SHEA, Reg. Pharm., Prop. 
Tel. River 58704 

343 Wilbraham Road Cor. Bristol St. Springfield, Mass. 

Moon Motor Sales Co., Inc. 

1095 STATE STREET 

(General (Parage ^erbice 

Home office of the United Road Service Association. 

If you drive an automobile, ask us 

about this service. 



C. A. BIGELOW 
Qroceries and Vegetable Market 

Phone, River 1404 
1071 State St., Springfield, Mass. 



AUSTIN J. PRATT 

Electrical and Gas Supplies and Appliances 
1 he Claxtonola Phonograph, Records and Needles 
National Mazda Lamps <^ Electric Table Lamps 

Plumbing and Heating 
19 Wilbraham Road Winchester Square 



HIGHLAN D COMMU NITY 57 



department officials as a model house. It is open to public inspection and of- 
ficers and men stationed there would find pleasure in showing- interested callers 
about the premises. 

In 1887 a one-horse hose reel and an Amoskeag fire engine, the latter 
originally purchased by the city in 1862 and previously located at the Pynchon 
Street and Indian Orchard Stations, were put in service at the Winchester 
Square Station. In April of that year a horse-dra\\'n "city sei-\dce" ladder truck, 
built in 1871 by E. B. Leverich & Co., Brooklyn, and previously stationed at the 
Sanford, Pynchon and Walnut Street Stations, was put in service at Winchester 
Square. The old hose reel was displaced bv a two-horse hose wagon, March 
31, 1902. 

Displacement of horses at the Winchester Square Station was begun De- 
cember 1, 1911, when the combination hose and chemical car now there, went 
into service. This was built by the Knox Co. On May 22, 1913, the big 85-foot 
electric aerial ladder truck, built by the Seagrave Co. of Columbus, O., went 
into service at this station and the last horse left the Winchester Square quar- 
ters when the Knox motor pumping engine, now there, was installed in 
September, 1914. 

Because of its relation to the inevitable development of the city, the Win- 
chester Square Station is regarded by the Fire Commissioners and by officers 
of the Fire Department as one of the most important we have. The territory 
that companies at this' station are called on to protect is daily becoming more 
and more one of Springfield's "high value" districts. The equipment of the 
station is of the best and the apparatus is well manned, but the district withm 
which it is located is rapidly outgrowing the capacity of the station. 

From one quarter comes the insistent demand of East Springfield for better 
fire protection; from another, the call for more protection for that growing sec- 
tion of Armory Hill south of Wilbraham Road and east of the New Englan'd 
tracks. In addition, the gap of so many years' standing between Winchester 
Square and Indian Orchard is now rapidly filling with homes and places of bus- 
iness; not alone along the main thoroughfare, but in side streets, which are 
springing up almost overnight. 

The Winchester Square Station, stretched though it be to the limits of its 
one hundred-foot square, one-dollar site, and equipped with the best apparatus 
money can buy, cannot be expected to provide for all these growing needs of 



J. W, DELEHANTY 
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492 Mill Street Phone, River 119 



F. W. MERCHANT 

66 Hancock St. Q rOCerieS Springfield. Mass. 



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Telephone River 3371 1 23 Florence Street Springfield, Mass. 



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HOLLAND, MASS. 

"Sometimes I think I'd like to go 
Where bells don't ring nor whistles bloiv; 
Where bells don't strike and gongs don't sound 
And I'd hai'c stdlness all around." 




View from Massaconnet Park at north end of three-mile stretch of Massaconnet Lake 

HIGH above sea level among the hills of 
Hampden County is the beautiful little 
village of Holland. Its lakes, pine groves, 
and wooded hills delight the heart of the hunter, 
fisherman and summer visitor. One hour's auto 
ride from Springfield over splendid roads, and 
about three miles from trolley. 

Choice Bungalow Sites at reasonable prices 
on attractive terms. 

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For full information address 

PURITAN REALTY CORPORATION 



5 ELM STREKT 



Phone, River 402 1 



SPRINGFIELD, MASS. 



HIGHLAND COMMUNITY 59 

progressive Armory Hill. ' ssibly if those economical members of the City 
Council of years ago had set . their way clear to have accepted Primus Mason's 
fifty-dollar offer it would now be practicable to further enlarge this station and 
further postpone the building of new ones within the district, but in Fire De- 
partment matters, as in all others, we are often reminded that: 

"Of all sad words of tongue or pen. 
The saddest are these: 'It might have been'." 

So the Winchester Square Station, on its one-dollar site, must continue to 
serve the fire protection needs of the heart of Armory Hill, while new stations 
must later be erected to serve those of cutlying sections in this progressive dis- 
trict, and it is hoped that never again will the City of Springfield "turn down" 
an oii'er like that of Primus Mason. 



RELIGIOUS AND EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS 

HIGHLAND COMMUNITY is dotted with those institutions whose impor- 
tance was given early consideration by our Pilgrim fathers. Within a 
comparatively small radius of Winchester Square there are no less than 
fifteen churches of different denominations, while within the same radius there 
are eleven graded elementary schools, and one junior high, with the beautiful 
High School of Commerce building gracing the westeiTi line of our boundary. 

Historically, Hope Church holds a place of distinction among the churches 
in the community. This church w^as oi'ganized through the efforts of Henry S. 
Lee and other men from South Church, who began services in a bam on the 
south side of Union Street. Later a chapel was built across the street from the 
barn. The chapel was subsequently moved to the comer of State Street and 
Winchester Street. To make room for the present churcli building the chapel 
was again moved aci'oss State Street to a vacant lot now occupied by the middle 
section of Winchester Chambers. In 1888 Hope Chapel was again moved to the 
place it now occupies at the rear of Winchester Chambers. 

There are also a number of institutions doing excellent welfare work which 
should receive mention. Among these are the Home for Children on Bucking- 
ham St., the Goodwill Heme for Girls on Wellington St., the House of the Good 
Shepherd on Wilbraham Road, and Olivet Community House on Oak Street. 



BLUEPRINTS 

architects', enoineers' and drafting room supplies 

LOOSE leaf outfits AND OFFICE SPECIALTIES 

BLUE PRINT CO., 356 MAIN ST. Phone, River 7315-W 

JOHN O. BELCHER, Prop. Phone. River 731S-R 



SPRINGFIELD BOTTLING COMPANY 

56 HARRISON AVENUE 



SPRINGFIELD MARKET 

73 Wilbraham Road Joseph Masse, Mgr. 



Wilbraham Food Shop 

204 WILBRAHAM ROAD 

GROCERIES MEATS VEGETABLES 

C. ROSENBERG, Proprietor TEL. WALNUT 272S 



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HIGHLAND COMMUNITY 



SERVICE 



To trade here means your fullest satisfaction. We make it so. 
We have the goods — all are of exceedingly high quality — and a 
sei'vice method so pleasing and so individually satisfactory as 
to warrant your consideration. 

By the extra facility of both goods and service do we only as- 
sure ourselves of your esteemed patronage. 

The Highland Pharmacy 

Cor. Bay and Princeton Streets Phone, River 255 Springfield, Mass. 

W. J. HANIGAN 

Ludlow Waiting Station 

Lunch Room Confectionery 
Cigars 

564 Main Street Indian Orchard 



2}uality Bakery 

Ernest P. Koehler, Prop. 

Tel. River 3195 1089 State St. 

Springfield, Mass. 



THE STRAND 
CONFECTIONERY 

M. ARSLAN. Proprietor 

Tait's Ice Cream 
Fine Candies and Cigars 

26 Eastern Ave. 



Winchester Square 
Pharmacy 

EDWARD AFFHAUSER. Proprietor 



897 State St. 



Te/., River 1730 



"DOBOY" 
DOUGHNUTS 

Rapisarda Bros. 

10 Colton St. Springfield 

Tel. River 3923-W 



HIGHLAND COMMUNITY 61 



BE YOUR OWN LANDLORD 

IF you are a rent-payer the following table should be of interest to you. It will 
show at a glance the cumulative value of the money paid each month into 
the coffers of the landlord. It should likewise be suggestive to you of the 
benefit and satisfaction which you would vmdoubtedly experience were this 
money being credited up to your own home through the helpful agency of a 
co-operative bank. The figures are based upon six per cent interest per annum 
compounded semi-annually. 

Per month 10 years 15 years 

$17 $2688.86 $4784.26 

18 2847.03 5027.57 

19 3005.20 5306.88 

20 _ 3163.36 5586.19 

21 3321.53 5865.50 

22 3479.70 6144.83 

23 3637.87 6424.11 

24 3796.04 6703.42 

25 3954.20 6982.73 

26 4112.37 7262.04 

27 4270.54 7541.35 • 

28 4428.71 7820.66 

29 4586.88 8099.07 

30 4745.04 8379.27 



BORROWING ON YOUR SHARES 

Members whose shares are not pledged for real estate loans may borrow 
money from this bank on their shares. The borrower gives a note for the 
amount borrowed and pledges his shares as a collateral security for the repay- 
ment of the loan. The amount loaned never exceeds 90 per cent of withdrawal 
value of the shares. The loan may be repaid in whole or in part at any time 
the borrower desires, or the loan may stand as made till the shares mature or 
the borrower withdraws them. In such case the amount borrowed is deducted 
from the value of the shares, and the balance paid to the member. The bank 
is always willing to lend in this fomi of security, and its members are urged 
to avail themselves, when necessary, of this feature of the bank. Interest is 
charged on share loans and is collected monthly with the regular payments of 
the shares. 



Harder Coal Co. 

278 King Street Tel, River 2677 



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Business and Professional Directory 



Architects 

Warner, Robert B. (see pg. 38)..168 BridKC St. 

Attomey& 

Carman, E. W. (see pg. 55) 31 Elm St. 

Rice. Horace J 5 Elm St. 

YouiiR. Charles L 374 Main St. 

Automobiles 

Barrett, M. C. (see pg. 13) 600 State St. 

BillinRs Garage (see pg. 18) 1080 State St. 

Dunbar-Hoag- Motor Co. (see pg. 12) 

770 State St. 

Reopell, A. V. (see pg. 3!>) f.87 State St. 

Smith. H. K. (see pg. 50) 824 State St. 

Wolohan Motor Car Co. (see pg. 44) 

770-772 Stale S(. 

Aiilitmobile Accessories 

Home City Retreading and Vulcanizing Co. 

(see pg. 48)....778Vj State St., Winchester Sq. 

Winchester Auto Supply Co. (see i>g. 25) 

814 State St. 

Bas^ajje Transfer 

Springfield Baggage Transfer (see pg. 45).... 
A. A. Beauregard, Prop Union Station 

Bakeries 

Morris, Fred'k S. (see pg. 52) 812 State St. 

Quality Bakery (see pg. 60) 1089 State St. 

Rapisarda Bros, (see pg. 60) 10 Colton St. 

Winchester Park Bakery (see pg. 41) 

821 State St. 

Banks 

Commercial Trust Co. (see back cover and 

.1"-'- '■•> 7!M State St. and 266 Main St. 

Highland Co-operative Bank (see inside front 
co^'er) 10 Sherman St. 

Barbers 

Bourke, George N.. 75 Wilbraham Road 

Corner Wilbraham Ave. 

Clifford's Sanitary Barber Shop (see iig. ;il) 

154 Main St.. Indian Orchard 

Highland Barber Shop Sit Wilbraham Rd. 

Laurenn, John B. (see pg. 46) 915 State St. 

Boots and Shoes 

Labine, C. (see pg. 46) 17 Wilbraham R<i. 

Starrett & Simes (see pg. 47). ...Winchester S(|. 

Builders' Supplies 
Miner, W. H., Chocolate Co., Inc. (see pg. 26) 

Bt rkshire Ave. 

Kobbins, Geo. W. & Sons (see pg. 29) 

Indian Orchard 

Chocolate Products 
Cigars 

Hanigan, J. W. (see i)g. 60) 

564 Main St., Indian Orchard 

Strand Confectionery, The (see pg. 60) 

26 Eastern Ave. 

Cleansers 

Manhattan Cleansing & Dyeing Co. (see jig. 

46) 1087 '^tate St. 

Sp'f'd Steam Carpet Cleaning Co. (see pg. 46) 

36 Taylor St. 



Coal 

Harder Coal Co. (.see pg. 61) 278 King St. 

Indian Orchard Coal Co 193 Worcester St. 

Maynard Coal Co. (see pg. 14) 852 State St. 

Confectionery 

Boston Candy Kitchen Co. (see pg. 52) 

1012 State St. 

Gus's Store (see pg- 25) 348 Bay St. 

Hanigan, W. J. (see pg. 6(1) 

564 Main St., Indian Orchard 

Kokkinos & Co. (see pg. 23) 792 State St. 

Louis' Confectionery (see pg. 22). .988 State St. 
O. K. Chocolate Shop (see pg. 38) 

200 Wilbraham Road 

Strand Confectionery, The (see pg. 60) 

26 Eastern Ave. 

Webber, Wallace L. (see pg. 38) 

19 Rutland St. 

Contractors and Builders 

Cordner & Montague (see pg. 21). ...373 Bay St. 
Sampson, Geo. P. (see pg. 16) 

67 Thomnson St. 

Tetrault Bros, (see pg. 38) 317 Main St. 

Wells & White (see pg. 48> 

7.39 Worthin.irton St. 

Druggists 

Bristol Drug Store (see pg. 56) 

34.-! Wilbraham Rd., Cor. Bristol St. 

Broughton's Pharmacy (see pg. 39) 

155 Sheitnan St. 

Central Pharmacy, The (see pg. 53) 

267 Central St., Cor. Pine St. 

Chenette's Pharmacy (see pg. 29) 

...164 Main St., Indian Orchard 

Dearborn's Drug Store (see pg. 52) 

. . 1081 State St., Cor. Reed St. 

Delehanty, J. W. (see pg. 57) 492 Mill St. 

Highland Pharmacy, The (see i)g. 60) 

Cor. Bay and Princeton Sts. 

Keefe, D. F. (see p.g. 55) Cor. Hancock & King 
Sunter, A. E. i see pg. .".n..-85 Wilbraham Rd. 
Wheeler's Drug Store (see jig. 9). .802 State St. 
Winchester Square Pharmacy (see pg. 60) 

897 State St. 

Dry Goods 

Hodge, Mrs. L. M. (see pg. 38) 3.39 Bay St. 

Kitcheiiei's Dry Goods Store,.. ..Main St.. I. O. 
Osgood Co., The E. L. (see pg. 38) 1075 State 
Starrett & Simes (see pg. 47) Winchester Sq. 
Winchester Sq. Dry Goods Store (see pg. 44) 
25 Wilbraham Road 

Flowers and Plants 

Schlatter & Sons, Wm. (see pg. 52)..422 Main 

Garages 

Billings Garage (see jig. 18) 1080 State St. 

Halley Bros, (see pg. 46). ...12 Oak Grove Ave. 

M(M»n Motor Sales Co., Inc. (see pg. 56) 

1095 State St. 

Willis's Garage 30 Eastern Ave. 

Gasoline and Oil 

Cordner Co., S. J. (see pg. 40) 

22 Taylor St and 425 St. James Ave. 

Groceries 

Bigelow, C. A. (see pg. 56) 1071 State St. 

Field, J. A. (see pg. 39) 235 Bay St. 

Merchant, F. W. (see pg. 57)... .66 Hancock St. 



HIGHLAND COMMUNITY 



63 



Business and Professional Directory 



Groceries (Continued) 

SprinKficld Market (see pg. 59) 73 Wilb'm Rd. 
Wiescl. W. E. (see pg. 54). ...87 Wilbraham Rd. 

Wilbrahain Food Shop (see pg. 59) 

204 V/ilbraham Rd. 

Groceries and Meats 

Bissonnctte Bros, (see pg. 31). ...Indian Orchard 

Canter & Son, J. (see pg. 46) 984 State St. 

Jackson, F. W. (see pg. 46) 352-.354 Bay St. 

Kilcourse, Thomas (see pg. 40) 92 East'n Ave. 
Lazelle, H. T. (see pg. 12). ...14-16 Catherine St. 

Nelson, John S. (see pg. 51) 792 State St. 

Quality Store (see pg. 41) 1085 State St. 

State Street Public Market 911 State St. 

Reed Street Market (see pg. 38) 56 Reed St. 

Winchester Sq. Market (see pg. 44) 

813-815 State St. 

Hardware, Etc 

Hall's Hardware, Inc. (see pg. 12) 

Winchester Sq. 

Morrissey Bros. Co. (see pg. 35) Indian Orc'rd 

Hotels 

Oaks Hotel, The (see pg. 4) Thompson St. 

Insurance 

Aggas. Reed R "87 Main St. 

Crane. John W. (see pg. 14) 285 Main St. 

Gieason, A. M. (see pg. 35) Indian Orchard 

•Gumble, Wolcott (see pg. 22) 374 Main St. 

McKenzie, H. W. (see pg. 46) 984 State St. 

Schwenger, John G 374 Main St. 

Wilcox, Leroy H. (see pg. 38) 374 Main St. 

Investments 

Seybolt, Chase & Seybolt (see pg. 40) 

314-316 Third National Bank Bldg. 

Jewelers 

De Vylder. Justin (see pg. 22) 798 State St. 

Laundries 

Citv Laundry (see pg. 54) 870 State St. 

Dale Bros, (see pg. 16) :72 Union St. 

Li'lio^raphers 

Brooks Bank Note Co. (see pg. 8) Wilb'm Ave. 

Lumber 

Hampden Lumber Co. (see pg. 14) 850 State 

Meats — Wholesale 

Handy Co.. H. L. (see pg. 16) 41 Hampden St. 

Men's Furnishings 

Starrett & Simes (see pg. 47). ... Winchester Sq. 
SydcU, Andrew G. (see pg. 49). ...788 State St. 
Toggery Shop (see pg. 54) 913 State St. 

Milk 

Indessi, A., Highland Dairy (see pg. 42) 

495 Berkshire Ave. 

Miscellaneous 

Blue Print Co (see pg. 59) "56 Main St. 

Chapman Valve Mfg. Co. (see pg. 30). ...I. O. 

Enterprise Plating Co. (see pg. 37) 

49 Taylor St. 

Fiberioid Corporation (see pg. 36). ..Indian O. 
Hodges Fiber Carpet Co. (see pg. 34) I. O. 

Highland Top Co. (see pg. 42) 

rear 16 Andrew St. 

Indian Orchard Co. (see pg. 28) Indian O. 

Metalic Drawing Roll Co. (see pg. 27)....!. O. 

Sp'f'd Bottling Co. (see pg. 59) 

56 Harrison Ave. 



Musical Instruments 

Kinney, Edward (see pg. 37) 242 Worthington 
Poole's Court Square Store (see pg. 37) 

Motorcycles 

Hendee Mfg. Co. (see pg. 20) 837 State St. 

Novelties 

Mitchell Gift Shop (see pg. 58)....884 State St. 

Music Houses 

Taylor's Music House (see pg. 23). .482 Main St. 

Opticians 

Lovemoney's Optical Shop (see pg. 40) 

23 Harrison Ave. 

Photographs 

Potter Photo Co. (see pg. 17). ...139 Bowles St. 

Plumbers 

Hall Co., J. A. (see pg. 19) 817 State St. 

Pratt, Austin J. (see pg. 56)..19 Wilbr'm Rd. 

Printers and Publishers 

Pond-Ekberg Co., The (see inside back cover) 
9 Sherman St. 

Real Estate 

Crane, John W. (see pg. 14) 285 Main St. 

East Sp'f'd Home Builders' Co. (see pg. 24) 

East Springfield 

Gumble, F. W. & W. W 374 Main St. 

Hayre, Wm. A., Trustee (see pg. 50) 

819 State St. 

Lampson, Geo. S., 310 Main St. 

McKenzie, H. W. (see pg. 46) 374 Main St. 

Wilcox, Leroy H. (see pg. 38) 374 Main St. 

Winchester Square Realty Co. (see pg. 6).... 

786 State St. 

Restaurants and Lunch 

Hanigan, W. J. (see pg. 60). .564 Main St. I. O. 
Highland Restaurant (see pg. 46) 

29 Wilbraham Rd. 

Indian Lunch (see pg. 25).... 21 Wilbraham Rd. 
New England Restaurant (see pg. 46) 

800 State St. 

Puritan Lunch (see pg. 12) 

818 State St. and 473 Main St. 

Roofing Contractors 

McCleary & Sons, .John (see pg. 42) 

47 Colton St. 

Rugs and Carpets 

Emirzian & Co., M. S. (see pg. 42) 145 State 
Springfield Economy Rug Co. (see pg. 42).... 

17 Taylor St. 

Shoe Repairing 

Lannon Shoe Shop 793 Main St. 

Standard Shoe Repairing Co. (See pg. 54).... 

780 State St. 

Williams Shoe Repairing Co. (see pg. 54). . 

206 Wilbraham Rd. 

Tailors 

Kaplan, M., (see pg. 46) 8 Bristol St. 

Robertson. Chas. E. (see pg. 46) 11 Rutland St. 
Sobel. N. ...- 9"-4y2 State St. 

Towel Supplies 

Granger Towel Supply (see pg. 57) . 
123 Florence St. 

Vegetables 

Bigelow, C. A. (see pg. 56) 1071 State St. 

Wall Papers 

Dumphy Co., T. L. (see pg. 48). ...776 State St. 



64 HIGH LAX D COM MUN ITY 



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Fhoto Engravers 

Springfield, Mass. 



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821 State St., Springfield, Mass. 

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AN APPRECIATION 

The historical matter contained in this book has been prepared 
after a study of the books, maps, and records available, and con- 
ferences, particularly with David Allen Reed, Moses A. Maynard, 
and Norman F. Wheeler, who have given valuable assistance. 

An expression of appreciation is also due the individuals and 
fii-ms whose advertisements appear in these pages. Without their 
support this little volume would have been impossible of accom- 
plishment. 

Ernest W. Camian 
Charles R. Hutchinson 
John D. Pond 
Carlos Ruggles, Jr. 

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